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...Sociology 189, “Law and Social Movements,” might be checking over their papers a little more carefully than usual this year. That is, if they don’t want any academic misdemeanors to be detected by TurnItIn.com, a sophisticated online service designed to sniff out plagiarism. Harvard’s Instructional Computing Group is this year implementing a pilot scheme of the service. The possibility of a more expansive roll out looms, potentially giving way to a time when every student’s work would be subject to a thorough honesty test...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Curbing Copying | 11/9/2006 | See Source »

...like the grown-up, version of Boston’s Museum of Science. The six artists displayed play with the senses to create an interactive, intriguing commentary on the way new interactive technologies are changing the way art is experienced. Tactics as diverse as Scratch-N-Sniff inspired walls, a “touch-tunnel” filled with darkness, sounds, and a strobe light, and Bruce Nauman’s attempts to “see the night” help to propel the viewer through a tumultuous journey that challenges vision’s dominance of vision over...

Author: By Kimberly E. Gittleson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Please Stop to Smell the Art | 10/19/2006 | See Source »

...real source of the D’s comedy), it is hard to believe that the band that wrote the greatest tribute song in history has stooped to “If you are a diva, then go to Geneva / And if you are snooty, then sniff on my booty.” This is the song’s funniest line...

Author: By J. samuel Abbott, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: PopScreen: Tenacious D, "Pick of Destiny" | 10/12/2006 | See Source »

...While Lucky and Flo can't detect pirated DVDs versus legal ones, they are trained to recognize polycarbonate and other chemicals that exist in optical discs. Pirates use legitimate DVDs are registered for shipment, so the dogs would be able to sniff out DVDs that are hidden in unregistered containers, which would mean they're probably being smuggled for illegal sale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biting Back Against Pirated DVDs | 9/27/2006 | See Source »

...number three party school…in Cambridge). Freshman girls, this will be easy for you. Travel in groups and have the hot ones closer to the door (ladies, you know who you are). Freshmen guys, you will have to develop a bloodhound’s ability to sniff out alcohol. But don’t travel in a herd, for God’s sake. And guys, if you hear of a party in something called the Fox or Porcellian don’t even bother. Girls: Same rules as before, but sluttier. Remember ladies, this is the semester...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Waiting to Exhale | 9/15/2006 | See Source »

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