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INFLATED SOUND Big speakers for a Walkman don't make sense since they defeat the music player's portability. The brilliance of the rad-looking Ellula Hotair speakers ($50) is that they're inflatable: blow them up and they're about nine inches high; deflate them and they're a mere two inches. The air-filled casings pack an audio punch. And the speakers pack neatly in your coat pocket. --By Roy B. White

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Technology Apr. 1, 2002 | 4/1/2002 | See Source »

...most unique aspects of DiVirgilio’s work is her role as the instructor of the department’s Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) course. The course offers females at the University—students and staff alike—the chance to learn and practice self-defense techniques...

Author: By Jenifer L. Steinhardt, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Night Out Patrolling the Harvard Beat | 3/15/2002 | See Source »

...People learn to trust HUPD more after they take RAD classes,” says DiVirgilio, adding that many of her former students ask to speak to her directly when they need police assistance...

Author: By Jenifer L. Steinhardt, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Night Out Patrolling the Harvard Beat | 3/15/2002 | See Source »

...graduate of the course was attacked during a trip overseas and successfully defended herself. When she returned to Harvard, she sent cookies to HUPD with a card attached that read: “Thank you. RAD turned out to be helpful to me when I was studying abroad...

Author: By Jenifer L. Steinhardt, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Night Out Patrolling the Harvard Beat | 3/15/2002 | See Source »

Even DiVirgilio has used the techniques she teaches in RAD. A year ago, she says, one of the College’s student groups called HUPD to remove an “unwanted guest...

Author: By Jenifer L. Steinhardt, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Night Out Patrolling the Harvard Beat | 3/15/2002 | See Source »

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