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...that even the best efforts of a group of students in a battleground state won’t change the course of an election. But past campaign efforts of the HRC and the Dems would suggest otherwise. Durring the 2004 Presidential campaign, the Dems made 22,000 phone calls and knocked on hundreds of doors, contributing to New Hampshire’s switching from voting for George W. Bush in 2000 to John F. Kerry in 2004. Kerry’s slim three percent margin of victory in New Hampshire, however, also testifies to the dedicated efforts...
Opportunities for political involvement at Harvard are plentiful, and both the Dems and the HRC are facilitating volunteerism in the upcoming election. Both clubs will be sponsoring both campaign trips for those who want to devote much of their time as well as phone banks for those who only have a spare hour or two. Even if you don’t have the time to campaign or join in formal debates, remember to vote. Whatever the outcome, on November 8th we can all be proud that Harvard students did their part to shape the national dialogue...
...Baker says he hopes the cell phone concertino will reinvigorate symphonies and have fun. "Sometimes we take everything so seriously that we forget there's a real world out there that's not life and death," he says, adding: "There's nothing more deadly than a passive audience...
...first former Soviet republic to introduce its own currency, and the first European country to adopt a flat tax system, now widely copied in the rest of Eastern Europe. It has also become one of the most technologically advanced places on the planet. You can use your mobile phone to pay for parking your car, buy bus tickets and check your children's school grades. More than 80% of taxpayers file their declarations online, wi-fi hot spots are ubiquitous - and free - and the nation's most famous start-up is Skype, the Internet phone titan, which was acquired last...
...idea of coordinating carpools through technology is not a new one, the duo emphasizes the novelty of using text messaging to execute it. “There are only so many hours each day you’re sitting in front of your computer. You have your cell phone on you 24 hours a day,” Corker said.GOOSE’s beta program is currently open to 200 Microsoft employees in downtown Seattle. Upon signing up for the service, users receive $10 of “GooseGas”—virtual money that...