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...Harvard astronomer Michelle A. Borkin ’06 has found that to better understand other worlds, scientists should look at them like they would a brain...

Author: By Hee kwon Seo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Brains Shed Light on the Stars | 3/14/2008 | See Source »

...said. Gortler said he thinks the number of computer science concentrators has been increasing in recent years because the field is “relevant in lots of areas.” “Whatever you are doing, if you don’t understand technology, it is difficult to understand what you are doing,” he said. Malan also emphasized the importance of computer science to areas beyond the field. “I think that computer science is truly one of those fields that teaches you how to think: more methodically, more carefully, more algorithmically...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard CS Profs Question Trend | 3/14/2008 | See Source »

...like the famous clashbetween Video Home System (VHS) andBetamax. This sway comes solely fromthe industry’s output. In 2005, adult fi lmsales and rentals amounted to a $4.28 billionrevenue. In that same year, the totalUS motion picture box offi ce gross wasless than $1.5 billion.In order to understand the adult fi lmindustry’s importance to DVDs, let’sconsider the late 70s when home videowas just becoming a reality.It was then that a “format war”erupted between competitors VHS andBetamax for supremacy in home mediadistribution. Sony pitched Betamax bytouting...

Author: By Andrew F. Nunnelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Costs and Benefits of the High-Def War | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

...wonderful that we embrace the free practice of many religions at Harvard. We are thankful that most members of the Harvard community understand the importance of respecting people’s rights to have their own beliefs. We are deeply committed to respecting and protecting the rights of others to believe at they choose, and we believe that one of the first principles of respectful conduct and religious practice is to avoid unnecessarily criticizing or confronting others’ personal beliefs. We cherish the fact that it is possible to discuss our differences with our classmates and neighbors without that...

Author: By Diana K Esposito, Benjamin Taylor, and Aaron D Williams | Title: The Adhan at Harvard | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

...Telpuk, it was simply a case of doing her job. "I still don't understand what Antonini Wilson expected to happen when he opened that suitcase," she says. "Maybe he thought I would ask for a bribe and that would be the end of it." That may have been a fair assumption, on his part, given the notorious corruption among Argentine customs agents. But among her fellow agents, Telpuk had a reputation for naive honesty. "Once a passenger dropped a huge wad of dollar bills on my counter and didn't notice, I chased after him down the runway waving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Playboy Model's Cinderella Story | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

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