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...common thread here is that engineering seems to have had a compulsion toward self-isolation to a degree not common to the other sciences. It is the ugly, productive child that avoids her peers. (This may hint at the rationale for the current cosmetic change.) The reasons are varied and many, and I’d rather not appraise a field’s essence for rebellious idiosyncrasies. But both the recent decline of the liberal arts model, as well as the field’s history of self-fragmentation, suggest that the creation of SEAS is a step...

Author: By Sahil K. Mahtani | Title: Engineering Human Souls | 6/7/2006 | See Source »

...million illegal immigrants and deporting them. Neither idea is really on the table. (Rep. Linda Sanchez, a California Democrat, jokes that Republicans had enough trouble moving 250,000 New Orleanians who wanted to be evacuated. "And we knew where they were," she gibes.) But Bush's attempt to thread the needle-coming up with a bill that's tough enough to appease his conservative base and still containing enough of a guest worker program to make it look like a victory-seems difficult at this point because he lacks the sheer political muscle to sell the plan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Bush's Compromise Strategy in the Border War | 5/16/2006 | See Source »

...said “Say No More”....n if it eva gets dull, hit me up on the 2way, I’ll get it popping lol3. Be Assertive.http://harvard.facebook.com/profile.php?id=[redacted]Feel free to friend me.4. Holy Shit!! Kaavya Is Not The Only One!On a thread about good books:i really like Sloppy Firsts and Second Helpings by Megan McCafferty...the main character is this smart, cynical, and completely Holden Caulfield-esque girl who is stuck in the suburbs of New Jersey. not so literary, but really entertaining.5. Know Your Audience.On the thread...

Author: By Elizabeth W. Green, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wise Beyond Their Years | 5/3/2006 | See Source »

...same day, the Black and White heavyweight crew fell to unranked Boston University, stretching the team’s losing streak to four races.At the lightweight showdown between No. 1 and No. 2, Radcliffe was favored to win, but the team’s advantage hung on a thin thread. That thread broke on Saturday.“We all agreed that we didn’t have our best race,” lightweight co-captain Sarah Bates said. “But we can’t deny they were faster than us; we just didn?...

Author: By Walter E. Howell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Surprise Upsets Take Down Radcliffe | 4/30/2006 | See Source »

Last Thursday, however, Moore had to thread his car through the largest demonstration ever held at the test site. Nearly 2,000 people rode buses and cars into the desert to protest the first U.S. nuclear explosion of the year $ and the 25th since the Soviet Union unilaterally declared a moratorium on nuclear testing in August 1985. Nye County authorities arrested 438 people, including Astronomer Carl Sagan, Antiwar Activist Daniel Ellsberg, Actor Martin Sheen and Singer Kris Kristofferson, for trespassing on Department of Energy property. Said Sagan of the testing program: "We've built a kind of doomsday machine, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Testers And Protesters | 4/26/2006 | See Source »

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