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Even if there is no clear and easy solution to the UC mess, as we sit down at our computers to vote this week, we should not allow ourselves to be part of the problem. Christopher B. Lacaria ’09 is a history concentrator in Kirkland House. His column appears on alternate Mondays...

Author: By Christopher B. Lacaria | Title: The Spirit of the Council | 12/2/2007 | See Source »

...want to sit down with leaders of these groups and ask, ‘What do you need?’” Willey says, “We need to allocate funds based on needs...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Reconnecting the UC | 11/30/2007 | See Source »

...math of moviemaking enthralls Smith, who calls himself a "student of universal patterns." To hear him talk about analyzing the weekend box office with Lassiter is to see flashes of the aspiring engineer who almost attended MIT. "Every Monday morning, we sit down--'O.K., what happened this weekend, and what are the things that resemble things that have happened the last 10, 20, 30 weekends?' It is so much fun to look at something everyone's looking at to see if a different pattern comes out for you." With Legend, Smith hopes to break one of Hollywood's rigid rules...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Legend of Will Smith | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

...says that while labs around the world are developing lighter and more effective batteries, those currently available impose severe limits on the plane's weight. "With twice the battery capacity, we'd have a different plane," he says. And perhaps a more comfortable one: HB-SIA's pilot will sit in an unheated, unpressurized cockpit, in which he'll encounter -76F (-60C) temperatures at high altitude. In order to lighten the plane's load further, Boschberg has already gone on a diet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blazing a Trail with Solar Power | 11/28/2007 | See Source »

...mind of the man in charge. In the end, perhaps Bush’s attitude can lend us some perspective about what we ought to value in America. Instead of striving for scientific progress, revolutionary strides in improving health or even moral integrity, let’s just sit back and count our world records...

Author: By Sarah C. Mcketta | Title: We’re Number One! | 11/28/2007 | See Source »

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