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Ancient Rome is famous for its public bathhouses - the Baths of Caracalla are six times larger than St. Paul's Cathedral and could serve 1,600 people at once - and the Roman commitment to hygiene didn't stop with just bathing. At one point Rome boasted 144 communal lavatories. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History of Toilets | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

Garderobes and public toilets were eventually replaced with something slightly more recognizable to the modern-day defecator: a box with a lid. France's Louis XI hid his toilet behind curtains and used herbs to keep his bathroom scented; England's Elizabeth I covered her commode in crimson velvet bound...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History of Toilets | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

UC Vice-President Kia J. McLeod '10 just sent an e-mail over the UC open list alleging that vice-presidential candidate Eric N. Hysen '11 had access to the voting software used to tabulate the results. She also wrote that Brad A. Seiler '10, ex-chair of the Election...

Author: By Naveen N. Srivatsa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: WTF is going on with the UC Election? | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

Much of the Lab’s structure—and its spirit—seem to lie in its location. In the basement of the Northwest Science Building, concrete floors, whitewashed walls, and a large, open space greet the visitor. Twelve “idea columns” that...

Author: By Michelle B. Timmerman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Making Science Sexy | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

“We’re finding ways to energize analog resources in the catalog,” Hazen says. “Often in Hollis you get a flat record, it gives you what used to be considered adequate info about a book, but when you look at...

Author: By Rachel A. Stark, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: From Widener to the Web | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

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