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...first step is to pick the right class, a process that is, truthfully very hit-or-miss. You’ll be safest aiming for preceptors who reportedly give good lectures and generally care about your well-being. Talk to upperclassmen—or if you’re lucky enough to get Expos in the spring, other freshmen—about instructors who are consistent and fair with their grading and who lead sufficiently engaging discussions...
That’s not to say that you should pick a topic that you definitely loathe just because you hear the preceptor brings Dunkin’ Donuts to every session. But don’t shy away from topics you haven’t written about extensively in high school...
...advised in my first year to pick Expos sections with this in mind, and I lucked out. I got my first choice, “American Stories.” It had a wonderful preceptor and fun classmates. Our preceptor frequently joked about the stories we read, Expos, and Harvard freshmen. I actually looked forward to conferences with her about my drafts, and our expos class had a dinner together at John Harvard’s at the end of the term...
Passengers who want to avoid long waits at the luggage carousel can ship their suitcases ahead. Companies such as Virtual Bellhop, Sports Express and the Luggage Co. will pick up your bags from your home and have them waiting at your hotel. Expect to spend $50 to $150 for the convenience. Willing to wait? For a bit less, you can ship your bags via FedEx or UPS ground...
What makes Mileura and the other projects so powerful is that by tuning the receivers to different radio frequencies, they will be able to pick up signals broadcast by hydrogen atoms at different periods in the Dark Ages. When you map cosmic hydrogen at, say, 50 million years after the Big Bangbefore the first stars had a chance to formthen at 100 million, 200 million or half a billion years later, you get a series of snapshots. Combine them, says Loeb, and "you'll be able to make a 3-D picture of hydrogen gas as the universe evolves...