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...trading card games, there are communities out there for you to join. Even Harvard itself, thanks to the Facebook, is the center of such an online social network—one which unites most of its present students and an increasing number of its alumni in the ability to poke one another and exchange inane messages about birthdays which would otherwise have been forgotten...

Author: By Matthew A. Gline | Title: Net Working | 5/2/2006 | See Source »

...just because we sleep between Ivy-covered walls, it doesn’t mean we sleep soundly. And as we climb higher, the tower weakens further under instability of its hasty structure. Some breeze might come along and poke out a rung, and suddenly we’ll be back on the ground, surrounded by the rubble of our own accomplishments...

Author: By Paul R. Katz, Emma M. Lind, Sahil K. Mahtani, Matthew S. Meisel, Juliet S. Samuel, and Lauren A.E. Schuker | Title: One Week Later | 4/28/2006 | See Source »

...native and the roommate of leftfielder Chris Mackey. “Seeing number four out there reminds me of a young Yaz, Jim Rice, and Ted Williams combination.” Across the aisle, Rob Balkema, a New Jersey native, Mets fan, and Harvard football player, made sure to poke fun at the many Red Sox fans surrounding him by reminding them of the infamous Bill Buckner missed ground ball in the 1986 World Series, 20 years ago this year. “As a Mets fan at Fenway, I think of Bill Buckner on the 20th anniversary...

Author: By Julie R.S. Fogarty, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Playing at Fenway a Dream Come True | 4/25/2006 | See Source »

...spring weather.” Nathan A. Sharp ’08, who visited the forest with an Adams tutor, was impressed with the forest’s dedicated staff. “The most amazing thing is that Harvard actually pays someone to sit there year round and poke holes in the trees to count the number of rings to see how old they are,” he said, adding that he may return soon. “I think it would a perfect place to take your girlfriend for a special night.” What girl...

Author: By Nicola C. Perlman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Forest—Not Just for Owls Anymore | 4/19/2006 | See Source »

...student, who spoke under condition of anonymity because she said she was concerned for her safety, also said the group mocked Native Americans, saying words like "feathers" and "Injuns." At one point, one male told her, "We just wanted to poke fun at the PC nature of Harvard...

Author: By Liz C. Goodwin and Reed B. Rayman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Student Reports Racial Epithets | 4/18/2006 | See Source »

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