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...wonder if even the curriculum’s designers admire its startling unoriginality. Former Dean of the Faculty, William C. Kirby’s words on the vote were reminiscent of Communist China (as he acknowledged): "The motion was passed unanimously although many comrades were opposed." It is no doubt difficult to get even a fraction of our faculty to agree on anything, but their lingering concerns with regard to this important vote point to serious flaws...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: A Vote for Vacuity | 5/21/2007 | See Source »

...hotel and not coming herself for the first meeting, that his rancor is almost justifiable. She has also lied to him about how the extent of her pregnancy, which promotes the operation he's to perform from a punishable offense to a possible murder charge. What price, the girls wonder, will Mr. Bebe charge for the abortion? His answer astonishes and horrifies them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Three Twisty Delights | 5/18/2007 | See Source »

...This is NASA's first realistic simulator ride, developed over three years for $60 million as part of the agency's mission of sharing, along with commercial applications of space-driven research, the wonder of extra-terrestrial exploration and discovery. NASA contributed to the development of Walt Disney World's Mission:SPACE thrill ride which opened in 2003. But Mission:SPACE is very different, spinning riders in a centrifuge to expose guests to G-forces and a momentary feeling of weightlessness in what is supposed to be a futuristic trip to Mars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space Travel on a Shoestring | 5/18/2007 | See Source »

...many students as editors, readers are left with the impression that Crimson reporting is driven more by reporters’ and editors’ outside interests than their principled news judgment. And students frustrated that their organizations aren’t being covered by the newspaper quite reasonably may wonder if they would have received better, or at least more coverage, if they were an editor...

Author: By Michael Kolber | Title: Ombudsman: Crimson Should Strengthen Conflict-of-Interest Policy | 5/18/2007 | See Source »

...power to sound the alarm about the climate crisis, and that decision helped transform the way Americans think about global warming and carried Gore to a new state of grace. So now the question becomes, How will he choose to spend all the capital he has accumulated? No wonder friends, party elders, moneymen and green leaders are still trying to talk him into running. "We have dug ourselves into a 20-ft. hole, and we need somebody who knows how to build a ladder. Al's the guy," says Steve Jobs of Apple. "Like many others, I have tried...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Temptation of Al Gore | 5/16/2007 | See Source »

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