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...movie to get the ball rolling, but judging by George W. Bush’s recent State of the Union address, no one denies it anymore: We should probably do something about this whole global warming thing. While there are still a range of opinions on how bad the problem will become and to what degree we humans have cooked our own goose, 2007 will probably see the beginnings of real movement on this issue. Emissions restrictions, tradable caps on carbon dioxide, new methods of ethanol production, and other measures that most people won’t bother to understand...
...midst of calling your blockmate when you get a text informing you that your flight has been delayed. Bored, you find yourself perusing Facebook for pics of that cute guy in section when you remember—shit! You forgot to submit your paper to your TF! No problem, before long it’s zooming through cyberspace onto her desktop as an email attachment. You breathe a sigh of relief. Life used to be tough, you muse while gazing affectionately at your new best friend and faithful tagalong: the iPhone. A chic mobile, a widescreen mp3 player...
Something you’ve always wanted to tell someone: Dear Harvard community, please chill out. Go have one big collective pregame and go do something fun. Problem sets are not fun. Not even after pregaming them...
...most importantly, the responsibility in addressing this problem lies with us, as individuals. We—especially as members of Harvard University—should volunteer our time and energy to local causes. I have witnessed firsthand the awe that the name Harvard University inspires in communities and community leaders. The name and mystique of Harvard invokes thoughts of what was previously unthinkable. For example, in Biloxi, organizations that had given up on "impossible" projects suddenly became much more invigorated about the project’s prospects just knowing that Harvard students would be volunteering their time. By offering...
...Dalil Boubakeur, rector of the Paris Mosque, counters that French and European Muslims have no problem with social and even religious ribbing, but that the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, considered blasphemous by Muslims, were then exacerbated by associating him with terrorism. "This is an affair about caricatures that incite racism," Boubakeur argues. That's a valid point if one ignores past caricatures by Charlie Hebdo and others satirically linking other religions with violent, murderous, or simply intolerant acts...