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...site, the Harvard Libraries site, and the HOLLIS reference e-mail address. “We expect there is definitely a need for this,” she said. Despite Kelley-Millburn’s expectations, few students use, or even know about, Ask Us Live! Still in its pilot stage, the program has received a “disappointing” number of student queries, Bourneuf said. Each day, the librarians answer from one to three questions, he said. Undergraduate Council President Matthew L. Sundquist ’09 said that while he thinks the program...

Author: By Ellen X. Yan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Librarians Answer Questions Online | 10/27/2008 | See Source »

...machine of one-is an essential aspect of human consciousness," he writes. That may not ring true with everyone, but he sells the sentiment on the strength of his enthusiasm. He describes Harold Graham's 112-foot practice flight with a 140-pound Rocket Belt in 1961 as a "pilot kicking gravity's ass like it had never been kicked before." Defying God's wishes, it turns out, isn't an easy task. The world's best jetpack pilot, Bill Suitor, likened flying the contraption to "standing on a beach ball bobbing in the middle of a swimming pool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Strange History of Jetpacks | 10/26/2008 | See Source »

...freshmen might opt for confusing or inappropriate tags, such as “drew.faust@college” or “beer@college,” only to regret it when they find themselves applying for jobs in four years. We look forward to seeing the results from the pilot program this fall, in which 1,600 students will have an opportunity to test out the new e-mail system with their new address. We commend FAS IT for their commitment to improving the computing experience at Harvard...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Only @ College | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

...mail addresses and interface much sooner than this spring. Within the next few weeks, the e-mail specifies, up to 1,600 students—or about a quarter of the College’s undergraduates—will be tapped to take part in a pilot program that will last for a “few months,” until the entire student body is assigned new addresses. For the duration of the pilot, students’ old @fas.harvard.edu addresses will remain active, but will forward to their new @college.harvard.edu addresses. “We?...

Author: By Charles J. Wells, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students To Test New Webmail | 10/21/2008 | See Source »

...time but you're still intent on becoming a mile-higher, there's always Mile High Atlanta, a charter-plane company that takes couples on sex flights. For $379, you can hire a tiny Piper propeller plane outfitted with a mattress, a bottle of champagne and an extremely discreet pilot. The ride lasts an hour and, not that you'll notice, flies you over the gloriously rural west Georgia countryside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Get into the Mile-High Club | 10/21/2008 | See Source »

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