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...between sex and intellect.Camilla A. Hrdy ’04, co-founder of the undergraduate sex magazine H Bomb, encountered a similar stereotype when launching her publication. Much of the publicity around H Bomb, she said, came from “the cool dichotomy about Harvard being about being smart and not thinking about sex.” But, continued Hrdy, that perceived dichotomy is not reflective of reality. “At least not for my friends,” she laughed.Bezreh said that, like Hrdy, she contemplated producing an erotic magazine during her years at Harvard...
...friends all told me, “he’s gay, all right? He’s gay.” I told them they were ignorant. Gays could get it up for women. He was too smart, I explained. He just couldn’t turn his mind...
...about feel-good narcissism,” Desai said. “The charge of anti-intellectualism is something we need to expect as ethnic studies comes to Harvard,” Carpio added. “It’s an easy target. We have to be smart on how to expect the resistance.” Quinnie Lin ’09—who helps coordinate the Ethnic Studies Coalition, a student group that advocates for an ethnic studies curriculum—said that she was pleased with the discussion. “I think this conversation...
...years-long series of increasingly far-fetched attempts on Castro's life. Between 1961 and 1963 there were at least five plots to kill, maim or humiliate the Cuban leader using everything from exploding seashells to shoes dusted with chemicals to make his beard fall out. The Get Smart-like plans never worked, and Castro's Cuba soldiered on, angry as ever at the United States...
...While Meyerrose, Mansoor and other experts agree that the utility industry's vulnerability will grow as its command-and-control systems rely ever more on computer networks, those concerns are not new. Some security experts have cautioned against the growing use of "smart grid" technology - which relies even more on computer networks to allow both utilities and individual consumers to monitor and reduce power usage. There are already 2 million smart meters in use in the U.S., and the Obama Administration's 2010 budget includes $4.5 billion in spending on such technology. The fear is that these meters may allow...