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...incident report would make it easier for a person’s identity to be either known or assumed by others,” a University spokesman, Joe Wrinn, told The Crimson in February 2005. Wrinn could not be reached for comment last night. Not only does the legislation pit a Harvard student newspaper against the University, but it also carries the imprimatur of a Harvard alum. State Senator Jarrett T. Barrios ’90, D.-Cambridge, introduced the legislation into the Senate. And the House’s Ways and Means Committee is currently considering a corresponding bill...
...protesters pledged solidarity with all immigrants, consistently referring to illegal immigrants simply as immigrants. But this is to misunderstand the real debate, which does not pit those who are pro-immigration against those who are anti-immigration. Rather, this is a legal question and question of extent: How should we change our laws, and how many immigrants should we let in each year? Few are opposed to immigration; many are opposed to uncontrolled immigration. Besides, to conflate illegal immigrants with immigrants is an egregious affront to America’s 50 million legal immigrants if ever there...
While I tend to prefer the traditional, sweaty, push-your-way-to-the-front experience when it comes to live rock, the people who pick the MFA shows understand that they’re not running a mosh pit. The mellower music on the calendar tends to be a perfect fit for the more sedate setting...
Where I live, just outside Washington, Facebook.com is both noun and verb, the unchallenged colossus of adolescent communication that works like the telephone, the back fence, the class bulletin board (and, at times, the locker room), all rolled into one virtual mosh pit. In other towns, MySpace.com plays the same starring role. In both cases, they have legions of parents pulling out their hair...
...overnight pit stop at a forgettable (and decidedly d?class?) airport hotel used to be one of the banes of the road warrior's life. No longer. The hotel industry's burgeoning emphasis on design includes airport properties, many of which are starting to boast the upgraded amenities and modish trappings of their downtown cousins. Say goodbye to poky rooms and drab lobbies, and luxuriate in slick digs like the striking Kempinski Hotel Airport M?nchen, tel: (49-89) 97820, pictured above. Below are some of our other layover favorites...