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If you surf, you’ve got Hollister. If you play polo you’ve got, well, Polo. And now, thanks to one enterprising Harvard Law School student, those who play lacrosse have Status Flow. When co-founder Kevin A. Valsi, a second-year student at HLS, launched...

Author: By Luis Urbina, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bros Who Can Sew | 4/29/2009 | See Source »

These people weren’t anomalies. Though the lecture, delivered by a professor ranked 4.3 in the CUE Guide, was a fairly interesting one, a good portion of the class looked up from their various screens only when a phrase was prefaced with the warning, “This...

Author: By Anita J Joseph | Title: Screening Out Distractions | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

When a successful class is defined by acquiring the minimum amount of necessary information in the minimum amount of time, then something is off. Lectures should be interesting, not just useful for the midterm, and when we budget our class time we give up on this basic intellectual ideal. The...

Author: By Anita J Joseph | Title: Screening Out Distractions | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

Some of the most interesting techniques are classified as "emotional approaches." Interrogators are allowed to flatter a detainee's ego, for instance, by praising some particular skill. Alternatively, the interrogators may attack the detainee's ego, by accusing him of incompetence - forcing him to defend himself, possibly giving up information...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beyond Waterboarding: What Interrogators Can Still Do | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

I am not making this decision because there are no important and interesting opportunities outside the Senate. I take on this complicated run for re-election because I am deeply concerned about the future of our country and I believe I have a significant contribution to make on many of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Statement from Senator Arlen Specter | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

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