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...best antidote to the rise of viral activity during class time would be to pull the plug on wireless internet in classes in which it is not academically necessary. This would inevitably upset many students. However, such a reaction would only prove the degree to which zoning out in class thanks to technology is ingrained in the way we spend our class time. Such paternalism may not be the answer, but certainly something has to change. After all, the lecture hall is beginning to resemble Lamont Café, without the lattes. Anita J Joseph ’12, a Crimson...

Author: By Anita J Joseph | Title: Screening Out Distractions | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...founder of the online community 4chan.org, whose real name is Christopher Poole, received 16,794,368 votes and an average influence rating of 90 (out of a possible 100) to handily beat the likes of Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin and Oprah Winfrey. To put the magnitude of the upset in perspective, it's worth noting that everyone moot beat out actually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World's Most Influential Person Is... | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

...think people were more upset because they had waited for so long,” said Alves. “But I think the show was so great that people didn’t think we needed a celebrity...

Author: By Beverly E. Pozuelos, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fabolous a No Show at Eleganza | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

...never for Harvard, and a kill from Weissbourd ignited a Crimson run that gave the team a tight 23-22 lead. But even with Weissbourd’s outstanding efforts, the Patriots were simply too much for a depleted and injured Harvard squad to pull off the first round upset...

Author: By Kevin T. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Volleyball Ends Season With Loss to George Mason | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

...disappointed, upset, consternated and even hurt at seeing this," said Dr. S. Hakki Onen, a sleep specialist and geriatrician with the Hôpital Gériatrique A. Charial, part of the Hospices Civils de Lyon in France. "To see [the research] used in this manner is upsetting because [the CIA's] goals run counter to the therapeutic intent of our effort ... In publishing clinical findings like this, you're aware you lose control of them, because they can be read and even abused by people who may have other objectives in mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scientists Claim CIA Misused Work on Sleep Deprivation | 4/21/2009 | See Source »

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