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...benefit students, too. As the popular event Harvard Thinks Big showed, students are often interested in courses that do not fit into their schedules. While many classes already make lecture videos available to students via Harvard iSites, being able to easily download and sync the videos using the familiar iTunes interface will add a layer of convenience that works to meet the on-campus demand for lecture videos...
According to Cohen, the College Fellows program—which was created last year to offer research positions to graduate students struggling to find jobs—benefits undergraduate education as well, because recent graduates are familiar with Harvard’s procedures and standards...
...soundtrack culled from the staples of classic rock. Scoop’s magazine is even called “Boomer” in reference to his peers. For this reason the play could easily feel outdated. What for Wasserstein’s 1988 adult audience would have been familiar, might easily have weighted the college production. But Alter’s direction and the cast’s acting elevate “Chronicles” from a portrait of Baby Boomer women to a larger exploration of fulfillment and happiness...
...while the name Hutaree may have a mysterious flavor, the plot its members were reportedly hatching was part of a familiar form of American paranoia. On Monday, federal authorities charged nine alleged Hutaree members with seditious conspiracy and attempted use of weapons of mass destruction. The government believes the group - which apparently espouses an extreme form of fundamentalist Christianity - may have been plotting to kill law-enforcement officers to help spark a broader armed conflict. According to court documents, the Hutaree deemed police "foot soldiers" of the federal government - which in turn was part of the new world order...
...Friday event in Tucson presented a familiar and nostalgic tableau, including spouses Cindy McCain and Todd Palin. Thousands of people went to the Pima County Fairgrounds, most of them apparently there to see Palin rather than the actual candidate (even Cindy highlighted this fact in her brief remarks, to nervous laughter). Notably, all the cable-news networks (Fox included) cut away from live coverage once Palin had concluded her remarks and McCain began his, although McCain's team professed only delight with the turnout. And the Senator gamely continued his conversion from a career of compromise with Democrats...