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...Tomorrow the Crimson is looking to break its two-game losing streak, but with the defense it is up against, it will be no easy task...
...goal of centralizing the competing fiefdoms of control that render the process of reserving a room for an event completely intractable is, quite simply, a pipe dream. Too many different offices have control over room reservations, and the task of conceiving, lobbying for, and implementing a system is too great for such an initiative to approach short-term plausibility. Between individual Houses’ demands that their residents have first choice of rooms and the arcane regulations common among other Harvard common spaces, a centralized room reservation system is nothing but a black hole for time and effort. It would...
...organs from pigs into baboons, hoping that if a baboon won’t reject the organ, humans won’t either. And this is where Sachs’ research efforts lie: investigating new ways to prevent baboons’ immune systems from attacking the foreign organs, a task that comes with painstakingly slow progress...
...problem with the overabundance of student groups can be seen in the glut of student publications, which currently total 34 with two more being added to the list shortly. It’s impossible to read even a fraction of them, and few students go through the arduous task of emptying overstuffed door boxes to even catch a glimpse of their covers. That’s not to say that half of all student publications should be shut down. But we should think twice before we create new ones and instead work within the structure of existing organizations. For example...
...bizarre inventions, like the Bunny Vac memorably featured in “Were-Rabbit.” In styling these, Park is “always looking for things a bit out of the ordinary that have a ‘Wallaceness’ to them, a task that you could really do without.” It seems Park’s good taste is widespread: last week, “Were-Rabbit” topped the U.S. box office, a feat that can’t possibly go unnoticed by the DreamWorks execs. Sadly, tragedy struck the very...