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...Claiming over 5 million reviews on 250,000 properties, TripAdvisor has risen to be the second most popular site, after Hotels.com, receiving over 3.7% of visits to the 5,307 hotel and destination websites in the U.S. Yet hotel reviews rank in 7th place among types of reviews searched for behind movie reviews, book and digital camera reviews...
...Online review activity has become so popular that several new sites have appeared that center around the consumer-empowered voice. Yelp.com, a new social network, joins user reviews with the ability to network, rate and share critiques. Still in its growth phase, Yelp reviews are becoming popular in major metropolitan areas. Visits to the site have grown over 340% in the last year. Based on the search terms sending visitors to Yelp, reviews are sought on topics ranging from restaurants and bars to furniture stores, doctors, dentists and even reviews on "piercing parlors" and "bay area pot clubs...
...Arts Medal, he’ll find a campus fundamentally different from the one he attended during the late ’60s. “I think back on the anxiety and fear because of the war and the immense exhilaration of counter-culture and the explosion of popular music,” says Adams. “I could turn on the radio at any time and listen to great AM music from Bob Dylan to the Beach Boys.”Harvard was not immune to the upheaval of the era—in April...
...typical “pops” orchestra tends to fit a well-known mold, playing a repertoire dominated by famous movie scores and large-scale arrangements of popular music. The Harvard Pops Orchestra, celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, is anything but typical. “What makes us different than all other student and pops orchestras is that we put on a show that’s theater. We’re sort of a hybrid,” says Elizabeth S. Weinbloom ’07. Weinbloom is a cellist and script writer for the group?...
...budget, it would have a lasting impact on the rather flimsy fraternal feeling among the student body. Furthermore, these small events are far easier to plan: The promise of food and entertainment is guaranteed to lure some students, and even a modicum of experimentation will reveal the most popular opportunities. The CEB’s present movie-showings, dances and discussions form only a small fraction of what could be accomplished given the resources and motivation. Fortunately, it seems the somewhat misguided emphasis on larger College events is beginning to shift. The CEB’s recent dispersal of funds...