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...took it upon himself to address the issue, and realized that wiring all the dorms for cable was not feasible—it would cost $15 to $20 million, he said. Castine explored various other options of getting television into student rooms, and settled on power line communication as the best option for the Houses. The technology is used to wire television signals into buildings without built-in networking capabilities...
Though Petersen expressed frustration that students were not initially included in the General Education task force upon its creation last June—Petersen and Limor S. Spector ’07 joined in September—Petersen and the other undergraduates said they were pleased overall with the attention Faculty members gave to undergraduates involved in the review...
...might out of college because they have been ill prepared by their high schools. This is a travesty. We firmly believe that every high school graduate should have the opportunity and adequate preparation to go to and succeed in college should they so choose. It’s incumbent upon the national government to take a stronger role in devising a national strategy to achieve this ideal. The opportunity for postsecondary education is far too valuable in today’s society to be denied to anyone based on anything other than his or her own choice. From a purely...
...direct command were properly trained in interrogation procedures; they did not know, understand or follow the protections for prisoners required by the Geneva Convention. Ultimately, however, Pappas was punished for only two violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. He lost $8000 in pay and was called upon to testify against subordinates...
Midwestern sensibilities, puerile humor, and visionless writing were all things we tried to bring to Harvard, but they were rejected. Nevertheless it was a lot of fun trying to force ourselves upon you, no matter how times you socked us in the nuts and dove for a blue phone panic button like it was the peak of the Aggro Crag. Though six out of seven days we fall asleep in the basement storage room of some anonymous Yard dormitory feeling like the boy who just placed third to two girls on Global Guts, it’s that seventh...