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...Cheerleader Nation airing in stalls in 15 cities, calls the "guerrilla" gambit "very intrusive--in a positive way." In fact, consumers say advertisers may be flushing away goodwill. Says Leia Jervert, who heard the ad four times in one restroom visit at a New York City pub: "I would prefer not to have my business solicited when I am doing my business...
...operate under such a system—one in which courses are offered based on the fancies of the faculty—is to set a dangerous precedent. Inevitably, there will always be courses that are less interesting to teach than others; for obvious reasons, many faculty members prefer to teach courses in their niches. But these preferences do not excuse curricular holes in educating students broadly and with necessary foundational knowledge. History 10a aims to be “a survey of Mediterranean and West European societies from Greco-Roman antiquity to the Scientific Revolution.” Most...
...full disclosure to the Chinese people of its compromised goods. Homer E. Myers Vancouver, Washington, U.S. It hardly matters that when people in China Google "Tiananmen," the results do not include photos of rows of tanks. Google's different versions reflect the thinking of different people. In China, people prefer to look forward. But in the West, people like to look back. The Western media are full of stories about massacres, genocide and dictatorships in remote countries that most Western readers are barely aware of. China's Tiananmen Square is such a great place, the entrance to the magnificent Forbidden...
...that we call our room, this guy is definitely the primary reason we are living in an environment that Oscar the Grouch would envy. Given all the strange growths thriving in our room, it feels like we are living in God’s experimental Petri dish. If you prefer the freedom of walking around your room without tripping on a suitcase that hasn’t been unpacked since Thanksgiving break, try to avoid roommates like him.Enumerating all my roommates’ faults makes me wonder if they enjoy living with me. I’m a pretty husky...
...future presidents will be hesitant to identify strongly with a faith for fear of being targeted by the faculty, Matalon says, “Not necessarily. They just might be more mature about it.” But some active in Jewish life at Harvard said they would prefer a president who is no weaker in his faith, regardless of what it is.“We hope that in a future president there will be a willingness to express his or her religion whatever it is,” Hillel student president Judy Z. Herbstman...