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...first thing I learned from talking to Nasuk is that calling someone an Eskimo isn't cool, since some believe it's a term for raw-meat eater. That sounded pretty bad until I realized it's exactly what yuppie meant in the 1980s. A proud Inupiat, Nasuk said that when her people were hunter-gatherers in the freezing North Slope, they sometimes had to leave behind the weak and elderly. "My understanding is that elders would voluntarily stay behind. It wouldn't have been a cruel practice. It would have been an acceptance of 'I'm dying...
...Google's humility is being tested as never before. The firm's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., seem besieged by competitors gaining new momentum. Even nominal allies are questioning the company's motives and long-term plans. In July, Google's largest competitors, Microsoft and Yahoo!, agreed to work together in an attempt to dethrone it as the world's dominant search engine. The deal, which awaits government approval, would create a first: a tenacious, well-financed search rival...
...Cuil (pronounced Cool), one of the many smaller search start-ups in Google's shadow. "It's the first time you have someone with deep pockets that's willing to lose money in order to compete with Google, and they're willing to stick with it over the long term." (See the top 10 Microsoft moments...
...labs, international students, and members of 19 varsity sports teams—including the men’s and women’s basketball and swimming teams—will be the primary categories of students that will be allowed to remain on campus during this upcoming January Term, according to Interim Dean of Advising Programs Inge-Lise Ameer...
...Students will receive an e-mail from Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds in the next few weeks with a link to an application to stay on campus during J-Term. Any student can apply to stay over the break, and the form will be due by October 15, Ameer said...