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...imminent completion. But instead of “Legacy,” “Earthrise,” or other sterile, optimistic names suggested by NASA, the winning name was “Colbert.” Television personality Stephen Colbert had encouraged his fans to write in his last name, even though, as he joked, “Houston may have a problem with...

Author: By Adam R. Gold | Title: Making a NASA Themselves | 4/5/2009 | See Source »

...college have copped to reading these kinds of deliberations. "Facebook has been a wonderful way for us to hear what students are thinking," says M.J. Knoll-Finn, Emerson College's vice president for enrollment. "Before, we'd only hear from the exceptionally ecstatic or upset student who bothered to write in, but now we can see exactly what the average accepted student is thinking and how they're deciding between schools...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Facebook's Latest Role: College Guidance Counselor | 4/3/2009 | See Source »

...first step, are as compelling as they are thought-provoking. If music is to be harnessed for its pharmacological powers, might it not hold the potential for dangerous interactions? Remember the crying waitress? Van Morrison’s “Astral Weeks” is good to write to, and the electronic band MSTRKRFT quite great to run to, but such selections would certainly have deleterious effects on performance if poorly prescribed. Last year, Harvard students downed the strange cocktail of the Wu-Tang Clan, Gavin DeGraw, Joey DeGraw (sigh), and whatever other substances they chose to introduce into...

Author: By Ruben L. Davis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Playing with a Potential Musical Cure | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

...assault as a prevalent problem within their community. “The issue is not relegated to people of a certain socioeconomic or educational background,” she says.At Duke University, “Saturday Night” began after one anonymous victim of sexual assault decided to write about the incident in The Chronicle, the student daily. After calling for others to speak out about similar experiences, she received a variety of responses, which moved her to compile the stories into a publication she named, “Saturday Night: Untold Stories of Sexual Assault at Duke...

Author: By Antonia M.R. Peacocke, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘Saturday Night’ Sheds Light on Incidents of Sexual Assault | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

...against growing trends, VES students insist that the fundamentals of painting are still of utmost importance to their growth as artists. “It’s like trying to write a paper with a third grade vocabulary,” Rojer says. “We have Expos for English classes. Art students want to learn the basics; what makes this any different? I think there needs to be greater respect for the visual and what that means as a tool of communication...

Author: By Erika P. Pierson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sketchy Future for VES | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

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