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...must sleep in shifts. His mother's source of income destroyed, he can no longer afford university. "My dreams have died," Soares says. "We have no jobs, no education, no homes." The former law student admits to knowing people in the camps who get drunk on palm spirits and throw stones at peacekeepers and passersby. "I don't do it myself," he says. "But life is so frustrating, it's hard to calm down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Broken Promises | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

...owner who defensively festoons his shop with patriotic kitsch. Still, in Axis Aron Kader complains that even today he meets people who can't pronounce Palestine. "Come on! We're responsible for half the terrorism in the last 50 years!" he rants. "How many rocks do we have to throw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Culture Complex: Stand-Up Diplomacy | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

...these songs, “Neon Bible” can feel like an elliptic sermon. As in “Intervention,” the fourth song on the album, questions are posed by the group, and most are unanswered. “Who’s gonna throw the very first stone? / Who’s gonna reset the bone?” frontman Win Butler quavers. While the songs occasionally resemble sermons, they rarely feel preachy. One of the greatest improvements in “Neon Bible” is its defined, consistent tone. However, it?...

Author: By Ruben L. Davis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Arcade Fire | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

...huge amount of arrogance at Harvard,” says the anonymous former undergraduate. “I remember...talking to a dean about transferring. One of the things she told me [was] ‘Well, you know, a Harvard diploma is just not something you want to throw away...

Author: By Jessica M. Luna, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Peacing Out | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

This past Saturday, the Harvard Interactive Media Group (HIMG) hosted a video game throw-down in Lamont that attracted over 100 gamers from Harvard and MIT. The event featured official Halo, Smash Brothers, Starcraft: Brood War, and DoTA tournaments for serious gamers, as well as casual games for the weak...

Author: By Jessica L. Fleischer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Revenge of the Nerds...Kind Of | 3/7/2007 | See Source »

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