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...true of a typical Italian menu, Executive Chef Michael Scelfo’s meals lead with a bang but peter off into mediocrity with the main courses. The restaurant’s self-professed catering to the college crowd is perhaps to blame for the enormous portion sizes: when in doubt, order the small plate version of a dish. Many of the appetizers and small plates are “eggcellent” (to quote one recent diner) thanks to the local and farm fresh eggs used for the steak tartare and crispy soft poached chip-in farm...
...Faculty of Arts and Sciences—Harvard University’s largest school—saw no change in salaries as a result of the Sept. 2008 decision to freeze all faculty and staff salaries, which comprised the largest portion of the school’s budget...
Roughly 12 percent of Americans suffer from migraines, and about 45.7 million are currently uninsured, leaving a substantial portion of the country vulnerable to substandard migraine treatment...
...which laptops players have replaced a substantial portion of other music playing technology, and programs can be entirely automated, the students of WHRB are committed to incorporating a human element into their broadcasts. The studio boasts 24/7 programming during the school year, resorting only to automated shows on summer and spring breaks. Furthermore, rather than plugging their iPods into their laptops in order to generate sets from readymade playlists, the disc jockeys at WHRB remain true to their name, preferring to play vinyl over MP3 files...
...Minority Park, an "ethnic theme park" that actually encompasses five Dai villages (Mie Duc Hong's community is one of them), the annual tradition has strayed furthest from its tranquil origins. There, the water-splashing portion of the festival is organized in a shallow pool every day at 3:30 p.m. Cable describes the spectacle as a "large-scale wet-T-shirt contest." For $5, tourists can rent plastic basins for splashing each other and scantily-clad Dai women. "Authenticity is much less important than entertainment in China," says Cable. "Tourists don't come to see authentic rituals. They come...