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...bottles in brown bags and hearing jokes about why it’s not so great to have a large penis? The punchline to that particular gag, by the way, is too risqué to be printed here.The event was Harvard’s “first annual stand up comedy show,” and it took place at 8 p.m. in the Science Center. It was organized by Harrison R. Greenbaum ’08 and David W. Ingber ’07, and sponsored by Wis.Dm, an online social networking device with headquarters in Kendall Square.Greenbaum...
...tedious regulations governing the Undergraduate Council (UC) presidential election, the restrictions on electronic communications stand out for their inanity. Under rules issued by the Election Commission (EC), campaign personnel are forbidden from sending out unsolicited e-mails, e-mails to open lists, or e-mails to anyone with whom they lack a “reasonable familiarity or connection.” The utter impracticality of enforcing these rules in a meaningful and equitable way creates perverse incentives that undermine the integrity of campaigns. UC elections would be better off without these bans...
...rules, as they stand, encourage campaigns to misstate their campaign personnel rosters to the EC. Although an individual affiliated with a campaign or at the directive of candidates cannot send out unsolicited e-mails on the campaign’s behalf, individuals outside the official campaign apparatus can still do as they please. As such, candidates have an incentive to leave names off their campaign lists or simply deny association (otherwise unprovable) with unofficial campaign e-mailers...
...Dern pointed to his experience doing stand-up comedy during the taping as something he has taken from the show. This fall, he has participated in several comedy shows, and he said it is something he is interested in pursuing...
...Even so, talk of transferring responsibility to Iraqis and paving the way for a U.S. withdrawal will be welcomed by some Iraqis - those who stand to gain, whether in political terms or purely for propaganda. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, reduced to an isolated, fringe figure with little control of his unraveling country, has been talking up Iraqi control of the security operations in a desperate attempt to appear tough and decisive. Last week, he claimed his forces would be ready to take over as soon as next spring. If the Bush Administration were to take the ISG's suggestion...