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...don’t believe that animals are ours to exploit and research, but we realize that not everyone agrees with us,” he said. “And we are willing to focus on those experiments which we feel are the cruellest and the most useless.”But the University denied charges of abusive practices. John Lacey, associate director of public affairs for media relations at HMS, said that although the center’s “broad and diverse” portfolio of research might include drug experimentation, the primate...
...middies” in a light-hearted set of reflections. One of the mid year graduates, Michael S. Papish ’02-’06, who took time off to start a company, jokingly told his peers, “Your Harvard degree is totally useless,” but admitted that at least it would keep his mom from bugging him about his college diploma. Fellow graduate Meghan T. Donohue ’05-’06, said she was happy to have a ceremony marking her achievement. “All my blockmates and friends...
...it” list as my secular, non-judgmental holiday present to readers that hints ever so mildly at potential resolutions for the New Year:10. Undergraduate Council (UC) shuttles to Logan Airport. This one doubly frustrates me because these shuttles that transport students during holidays are not only useless, but they are popular too. They also hemorrhage money and leave many would-be riders behind due to overcrowding. Using the new Silver Line train from South Station is only marginally slower, costs $1.25, and allows passengers to leave whenever is convenient rather than every other hour. For those...
...these days: we get mid-surgery updates on Ariel Sharon, we track hurricanes in real time by computer. But after the explosion at Sago, we knew little more than we would have had it occurred 100 years ago. The machinery of electronic media could only fill the airtime in useless agitation, finally exploding in a burst of false "Miracle!" reports...
...enough tin sheets, a construction staple, to go around. At higher elevations, only about 10% of residents have them, says Sardar Rafiq of the U.K.-based NGO Islamic Relief. Many do have tents?the Pakistani government has distributed more than 245,000 of them?but they will be "useless," says Rafiq, "in the case of snow and rain. People cannot warm themselves in them...