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...check for intelligent forms of life in the universe,” Loeb said. He said he also remains skeptical at the likelihood of finding any signs of intelligent alien life. “I don’t have a prejudice one way or another... most astrophysicists will tell you that it’s quite unlikely that we’ll find anything,” he said. Loeb added that the new equipment can only search tens of lightyears outside of our own solar system, a distance that is relatively small compared to the enormous size...

Author: By Jacob M. Victor, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Professors Seek Alien Radio Waves | 10/27/2006 | See Source »

Running with Scissors Directed by Ryan Murphy Sony Pictures Entertainment After leaving “Running with Scissors,” I called my mother to tell her I loved her—after you see what Augusten Burroughs endured during his upbringing, you’d have to be without a soul to not react the same way. This is the power of the directorial debut of Ryan Murphy, best known as the creator of the groundbreaking television series “Nip/Tuck,” an adaptation of Augusten Burroughs’ bestseller. Newcomer Joseph Cross takes...

Author: By Jessica C. Coggins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Movie Review: Running with Scissors | 10/26/2006 | See Source »

...friend's eight-year-old son brought a DVD home from school the other day, a 10-minute collection of "highlights" from his third-grade class. As far as I could tell he wasn't attending an Iranian elementary school so much as one of those scary Pakistani-type madrassas, where rows of boys sit on the floor memorizing the Koran and the alumni all died at Tora Bora. The first minutes captured the class making ritual ablutions before prayer, followed by scenes of them actually praying together in the classroom, and finally, a lively segment of them practicing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Raising a Child in Iran's Cultural Divide | 10/26/2006 | See Source »

...you’ve ever told: Sometimes at night I get naked and climb into Amy Heberle’s bed. I say, “Oops! I forgot where my bed was again!” That is a lie. Something you’ve always wanted to tell someone: I’m not big on sharing. I stick to social niceties and repress the rest. Favorite childhood toy: My Uzi, full sized, 9mm sub-machine gun. Best part about Harvard: NO PARENTS!!!!!!!! Worst part about Harvard: The low thread-count sheets at Stillman. How you got your...

Author: By FM Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: scoped! | 10/25/2006 | See Source »

...research the potential ramifications of her actions, but one of her internet responders gave her some hearsay advice. “Someone wrote me, saying one time he had asked a security guard what happens to people they catch and the policy is just to embarrass them and tell them to move on out,” Zapf-Belanger says. “The embarrassment is enough; they don’t need to get you in trouble.” Beyond its potential humiliation, Zapf-Belanger considers the tradition benign. “It’s fine...

Author: By Logan R. Ury, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Tradition, Not Rebellion | 10/25/2006 | See Source »

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