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...frankly, Harvard’s academically impressive—but otherwise utterly useless—Hist and Sci and Hist and Lit degrees are sometimes nothing but a hassle. So, here’s a little secret for you transfer potentials: don’t leave that finance program. It’s just not worth...

Author: By Nicola C. Perlman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hate it: Transfer Students | 4/9/2008 | See Source »

...Erez Crossing looks like the empty set of a sci-fi film, an alien spaceship that crashed into a field of rubble. This gleaming metal structure is the sole entry and exit point for human traffic between Israel and Gaza, a territory of 1.5 million Palestinians held by Hamas Islamic militants. Erez was built in more optimistic times, when it was envisioned that every day 30,000 Palestinian laborers, merchants and students would be flowing in and out of Israel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israelis Blocking Medical Care in Gaza | 3/25/2008 | See Source »

...most favorable response to any speech since he was elected President." But editorial reaction from around the country was more skeptical. The Atlanta Constitution, which labeled Reagan's characterization of the Soviet threat as "huckstering misimpressions," said that by "raising the remote possibility of a sci-fi defense against Soviet missiles, he risked destabilizing the U.S.-Soviet military balance?already dangerously tenuous." The Chicago Sun Times called the speech "an appalling disservice." Said the Detroit Free Press: "Reagan's vision of a 21st century in which the U.S. will be hermetically sealed against all nuclear attack provides no answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Archive: Reagan for the Defense | 3/21/2008 | See Source »

Science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke's lifelong fascination with the myriad possibilities of space exploration helped ring in the space age. Lured as a boy by sci-fi magazines and his own homemade telescope, Clarke studied physics before turning to writing full time. Among the advances he foresaw in more than 100 works: space travel, communications satellites and computers. His writing, most famously the futuristic novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, often came back to the theme of humankind gaining enlightenment from contact with alien life. He believed E.T.s would send a sign, noting last year, "We have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 3/20/2008 | See Source »

...impact” because they are easy on the joints, combine various styles of dance with aerobics for stretching, light cardio, and muscle training. ZUMBA!, one of the new classes this semester, came about after a whopping five instructors received certification for ZUMBA! fitness instruction. Unlike worn-down Life-Sci TFs, these teachers are actually excited for extra sections. “I can express myself and feel completely natural,” said Sirad H. Adbilahi, a ZUMBA!licious dance instructor. But you don’t need to be in touch with your inner yogie to take these...

Author: By Lauren J. Vargas, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Learn to Jam, MTV-Style, at Hemenway Gym | 3/5/2008 | See Source »

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