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...While it’s clear that dating has changed since the days when our parents went to college, less obvious are the reasons behind this shift...

Author: By Sarah B. Schechter, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Love, Actually | 2/13/2008 | See Source »

...scooped ice cream with a couple summers ago had this thing with his boyfriend where they would experiment with different during-the-act comments aimed at getting one another to lose focus. He and I would brainstorm on our shared-shift, and came up with some pretty good ones before I eventually got fired for fainting on the waffle cone display. Gems like, “you and me, baby,” (repeated over and over with increasing intensity), and The Boner Challenge (only calling it Boner (“Stick your boner...

Author: By Kathleen E. Hale, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lessons in Love | 2/13/2008 | See Source »

...motion on February 12, Harvard will make the latest work of its scholars accessible, just as it is creating accessibility to the store of knowledge that it has accumulated in its libraries since 1638. The motion also represents an opportunity to reshape the landscape of learning. A shift in the system for communicating knowledge has created a contradiction at the heart of academic life. We academics provide the content for scholarly journals. We evaluate articles as referees, we serve on editorial boards, we work as editors ourselves, yet the journals force us to buy back our work, in published form...

Author: By Robert Darnton | Title: The Case for Open Access | 2/12/2008 | See Source »

Clinton herself has already started to shift the focus away from this week's contests to Ohio and Texas, which vote on March 4. With their large Hispanic and working-class populations, Clinton's staff and many observers have believed the two delegate-rich states will be more friendly territory for her campaign, but increasingly they are viewed as must-wins, her last chance at the nomination-so much so that she is traveling to Texas on Tuesday. "I believe if you look at the states ... upcoming, I am very confident," Clinton told reporters after touring a General Motors plant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Obama Keep the Momentum? | 2/12/2008 | See Source »

...that ordinary voters aren't the only ones who might be swept up by Obama fever. There are also the nearly 800 super-delegates to the Democratic convention - party officials and elected leaders who are free to vote as they choose. "I think as the momentum begins to shift again to Obama, it might have a real impact on those super-delegates. The trends appear to point to a good year for the Democrats - the war still troubles people, the economy is down, President Bush's poll numbers are low. The one thing Democratic leaders won't want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Meaning of Obama's Momentum | 2/12/2008 | See Source »

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