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...vanishing from view until German archaeologists began unearthing their foundations at the end of the 19th century. World War I halted their efforts, and today conflict once again threatens the rediscovery of Babylon. After the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the U.S. Army built a helicopter pad on the site of the city's remains. A report by the British Museum claims soldiers have crushed ancient paving stones with tanks, carelessly filled construction sandbags with precious artifacts, and dug trenches - one of them 560 ft. (170 m) long - through archaeological deposits. All of this may rob the world of Babylon...
While it may cost $50,000 to actually attend Harvard, it now only takes $27 to get in. Daniel Wallace ’08 wrote the GetIntoHarvard.net guide so that, according to the Web site, “the underdog with no connections to Harvard could get the edge they so desperately need to compete in the admissions game.” But if you can’t find yourself on his list of “10 types of people who get into Harvard,” fear not, apprehensive applicants! Based on extensive research of campus demographics...
...Jeffrey F. Hamburger, a HAA professor. “Art historians have to get out to the objects that they study.”“The undergraduate excursion is about introducing students to the objects. It’s about going out and studying the objects on site,” van der Velden adds. “If you only teach art history from slides, it’s like reading Shakespeare from CliffsNotes. In the end, you have to see the original work to not only appreciate it, but also to understand...
...this isn’t just an emo version of Friends: the show is tied to a Web site in which users can share art, films, photography, and writing...
While the Internet makes shows convenient and accessible, neither the cyber focus of “Quarterlife” nor the social networking aspect of the Web site is appealing to college viewers. Even William J. Houghteling ’09, a blogger himself, says that a blog about blogging is “an exercise in self-absorption...