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...make a huge snow penis? Nothing. It’s art. You could even end up on Saturday Night Live, as a group of rowers did in 2003 for their . What happens if I steal a library book? You could get ad boarded, according to past Widener clerk Precious E. Eboigbe ‘07, unless you convince library staff you took the book by mistake. So either create an elaborate back-up story about how you were distracted by a huge snow penis and forgot you had a book in your hand, or just buy your freaking books. What...

Author: By Aria S.K. Laskin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cruel Intentions | 10/12/2005 | See Source »

...Maybe it's just the novelty of weaving around cars stuck in traffic jams, but the Parisian motorcycle taxi certainly seems to be the most fashionable way to commute around town these days. The two-wheeled wonders shave precious minutes from journey times, and at least four different companies (Citybird, Motojet, PLD and H?g? Service) scoot around the French capital. Clients are equipped with rain gear and helmets, and Citybird and H?g? Service customers get inbuilt two-way radios. A carry-on suitcase and two laptop-sized bags can be secured to the back of the bikes. Journeys within Paris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life in the Fast Lane | 10/10/2005 | See Source »

...mark on Smith’s Wellington, it did shape the novel’s trajectory. She quotes Professor of English Elaine Scarry’s essay “On Beauty and Being Just” in a section opener: “A University is among the precious things that can be destroyed...

Author: By April H.N. Yee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Beautiful Zadie’s Novel Disappointingly Dense | 10/7/2005 | See Source »

This summer, Harvard Printing and Publication Services (HPPS) went under, blaming its failure on an unsustainable business model and leaving behind many unemployed workers. The closing left precious few months to find an alternative solution for courses using HPPS to print their coursepacks, so Harvard’s Procurement Management Department (PMD) chose XanEdu, a division of ProQuest Information and Learning, as the new printer and the Harvard Coop as the new distributor. For succeeding so quickly, all parties involved deserve praise. But in light of nagging cost-related questions, we hope that the PMD ensures that it made...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Cut Coursepack Costs | 10/3/2005 | See Source »

...same liberties that ensure a free society make the innocent vulnerable to those who prevent rights and privileges and commit senseless and cruel acts. Those precious liberties include free speech, freedom to assemble, freedom of liberties, access to public places, the right to bear arms and freedom from constant surveillance. We are not willing to sacrifice these rights because of the acts of maniacs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Sampling of the Writings of Harriet Miers | 10/3/2005 | See Source »

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