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NEWS
By Hana N. Rouse and Justin C. Worland
Thursday, May 24, 2012
EdX represents an opportunity to advance pedagogy by encouraging research and collaboration between institutions of higher learning, with the support of the influential Harvard and MIT brands.
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NEWS
By Samuel Y. Weinstock
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Former Harvard University President and current economics professor Lawrence H. Summers sat down with The Crimson to discuss Harvard’s 375th birthday, the importance of virtual learning, and changes the University might face soon.
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FLYBY
By Leslie B. Arffa
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Tastemaker is a series in which we reserve the right to opine. This week, the Internet Blow Up.
#Whatshouldwecallme didn't stand a chance. In a year defined by what Flyby will refer to as the "Internet Blow Up," any slightly amusing online trend instantly became fodder for every blog and/or facebook status update. What once made us laugh now gives us the urge to report as spam, or at least vomit a little in our mouths and then all over our keyboards.
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FLYBY
By Sophie T. Bearman
Thursday, April 12, 2012
More than a month since the last "From the Tip Box" article, a great deal has happened in the world of Flyby's email account. This past month saw Housing Day and the rankings leading up to Housing Day, which inspired a number of Tip Box comments. Still, some continued to unknowingly use the tool as a search engine and others tried to search only to realize seconds later the error of their ways (see March 28.) All in all, we saw a good balance of innocent searches, Flyby-directed comments, and useful, if not strange, animal-related tips. Below, a selection.
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FLYBY
By Michelle Denise L. Ferreol
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Chelsea S. Link '12, a self-described atheist, has never been afraid to challenge mainstream religious beliefs or the views of her own family members.
"My grandmother almost had a heart attack when she found out," she said.
Link is refering to her New Year's resolution to read the Bible from cover to cover by the end of 2012 and blog about her reactions to the Old and New Testaments on her website "Blogging Biblically".
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FLYBY
By Charles J. Puza
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Paul D. Ceglia, an entrepreneur who claims that he invested $1,000 to help get Facebook off the ground and was offered half of the website's future shares in return, filed a lawsuit in 2010 against Mark E. Zuckerberg with alleged email exchanges as proof. Zuckerberg's lawyers, in return, recently released emails that the famous Harvard-dropout wrote during his time in Cambridge in an attempt to disprove these claims.
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NEWS
By Radhika Jain and Kevin J. Wu
Thursday, March 29, 2012
The Faculty of Arts Sciences launched its “Great Teachers” video series Wednesday, a project which highlights pedagogy in video clips that showcase the teaching methods of prominent professors across the University.
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FLYBY
By Carly R. Hillman
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Tired of hearing "Levels" on repeat while bros play beer-pong, but don't know where else to party? Anna M. Remus '13 has got you covered.
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FLYBY
By Valeria M. Pelet
Saturday, March 24, 2012
While some Indie music enthusiasts have voiced their excitement over this year's YardFest performers, Das Racist and The Cataracs, most students have responded with a "Wait...who?" Don't be that person trying to sing along to songs you've never heard. Flyby is here to give you a taste of Yardfest's lineup before the April 15 concert rolls around.
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FLYBY
By Inesha N. Premaratne
Thursday, March 15, 2012
For those of you who missed out on the big game (spoiler alert: Harvard didn't do well)—here's a roundup of some of the tweets that kept the twittersphere buzzing Thursday afternoon:
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