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However, Weitz anticipates that it will be challenging to coordinate his teaching with the chefs’ because “our languages are very different.” This language barrier goes beyond just a difference in professions—many of the chefs do not speak English and will require translators...

Author: By Julie R. Barzilay, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Gen Ed Course Will Explore the Science of Cooking | 3/24/2010 | See Source »

...There is no hope. The state of Israel cannot see their interests and the Israelis are not ready for peace.” What people viewed as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrogant and stubborn leadership was often cited as a potentially insurmountable barrier to peace...

Author: By Melinda Kuritzky and Brendan Rivage-Seul | Title: Lessons in Peacemaking | 3/22/2010 | See Source »

...population. The Bedouin in Sinai are Egyptian and have been for as long as Sinai has been Egyptian - but that hasn't quieted a modern history fraught with tension and mutual distrust. Cairo has received sharp local criticism in recent months for its construction of a new subterranean barrier along Egypt's Gaza border, meant to cut off smuggling. Analysts say the heightened crackdown on the lucrative underground trade, coupled with years of harsh treatment and sweeping arrests by security forces after terrorist attacks on Sinai beach resorts in 2004 and '06, has increased tense exchanges between security forces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Trouble with Sinai: Egypt's 'Mexico' Problem | 3/21/2010 | See Source »

...price of a year at Harvard College will break the $50,000 barrier next year as a result of a 3.8 percent hike in tuition, room, and board, the University announced today...

Author: By Naveen N. Srivatsa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard College Hikes Costs Past $50,000 | 3/18/2010 | See Source »

...Dariusz Leszczynski, a research professor at Finland's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority in Helsinki, has done studies indicating that RF radiation may create a stress reaction in the cells that line blood vessels, leading to a dangerous breach in the blood-brain barrier. "Mobile-phone radiation may be able to indirectly hurt cells, perhaps by interfering with their ability to repair normal DNA damage," he says. "Given the scientific uncertainty, it's premature to say the use of cell phones is safe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Safe Is Your Cell Phone? | 3/15/2010 | See Source »

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