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Tells the story of two Harvard students, David Sollors and Javier Garcia-Torres, who hired a Dixieland-jazz band to accompany them on their cross campus trek to turn in their senior theses. The spectacle attracting an entourage of followers; The students, upon handing their theses in to their understandably bemused program chair, learning that they had missed the deadline by almost an hour; The chair, in act of decency and compassion, accepting the boys' papers anyway.

Announces the 26th annual meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) and the 14th annual meeting of the American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators (ASOA) to be held from May 20 to 24, 2000 in Boston, Massachusetts. Hall of Fame Awards; Scientific paper presentations; Course offerings.

Cites the case of columnist Mike Barnicle of the newspaper `The Boston Globe,' in Boston, Massachusetts to exemplify the importance of applying journalistic ethics. Boundaries of ethics crossed by Barnicle which led to his termination from the newspaper; Fault of the paper's editors for encouraging Barnicle to continue his practice.

This article reports that Pliant Corp., a producer of bags, or flexible packaging, needed to upgrade the temperature controllers on two of its blown film lines in its South Deerfield, Masschusetts-based plant. The plant was keeping the controllers operating with spare parts. Troubleshooting the process with the old controllers was difficult; operators would be tipped off to a temperature production problem by observing subtle changes in the bubble's frost line, the point where the polymer changes from liquid back to solid. The company had three requirements in mind when he shopped for a new controller: ease of use, the ability to automatically change temperature settings on the line when switching to new resin grades, and the ability to log and store data. Working with FM Keefe Co., a distributor of industrial heating and control equipment based in Springfield, Massachusetts, Pliant chose the PPC-2000, a multiloop digital controller designed for extrusion lines, supplied by Watlow Electric Manufacturing Co. of St. Louis, Missouri.

Discusses the dedication of the Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity in Boston, Massachusetts. Remarks from the president of the library board; Guests in attendance; Cost of the facility; Description of the facility, which holds papers of the religious leader Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science; Significance of the collection for the Christian Science church; Remarks from librarians at the library.

Presents library collection-related news briefs as of October 1, 2001. Availability of papers by former Kansas governor Joan Finney at the Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas; Donation of thousands of tablets containing Tibetan Buddhist canon to the Harvard Divinity School by E. Gene Smith.

Profiles Dan Wasserman, editorial cartoonist for `The Boston Globe' newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts. Educational and professional background; Experiences as a cartoonist; Information on his book `Paper Cuts.'

Offers observation on Commercial Development Association's Spring meeting in March 1999 in Boston, Massachusetts which focused on company management. Team-building program described by Richard Rossen, vice president/work systems at International Paper, which owns Arizona; Management tactic proven to have an extremely short-lived benefit; Proposals on management.

Focuses on the 1998 International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment to be held on May 10-12, 1998 at the Tara Ferncroft Conference Resort in Danvers, Massachusetts. Theme for the event; Topics of paper to be presented; Contact information.

Features the compost operation of Laughton Nurseries in Westford, Massachusetts. Beginning of the composting activity in 1987; Composting of supermarket residuals; Paper mill sludge; Composting system; End use options.

Focuses on the newspaper's response to the letter sent by 20 Black women to `Boston Globe,' in Massachusetts, over its vindictive campaign against ousted Afro-American columnist Patricia Smith. Highlights of the letter to the `Globe'; `Globe' editor Matthew Sorin's response to the letter; Claims made by the paper regarding Smith's fabrications in her column.

Reports that the `Patroit Ledger' newspaper of Quincy, Massachusetts has raised its weekday newsstand price. Increased amount; Reasons for increases; Prices Ledger pays for paper.

Discusses the promotions, announcements, and awards at the 1997 Summer Meeting in Boston by the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). Promotion of Donald E. Holte as the president of Visionwall Technologies, Incorporated; Harley W. Goodman Jr. as treasurer of Goodman Engineers, Incorporated; Presentation of the Journal Paper Award to Stephen B. Taylor.

Looks at the Stationery Studio, a new software program created to encourage students to write from FableVision. Key features; Remarks from Tom Plati, director of libraries and educational technology for the Wellesley Public Schools in Massachusetts; Web site address of FableVision; Cost of the software.

This article presents information on MegaScan Technology Inc., Hopkinton, Massachusetts which has developed an ultrahigh-resolution system that displays images as crisp as actual X-ray film. The system better allows physicians to make diagnoses based on a computer image, and not the film itself. Traditional computer displays simply do not offer sufficient image quality, and doctors will not accept these displays until they equal the quality of X-ray film according to Kevin Gonor, MegaScan vice president. Computer images offer several advantages over film.

Focuses on election campaigns in Massachusetts. Assessment of the prospect of U.S. Democratic Party Representative Barney Frank in the U.S. House of Representatives' election; Political issues raised by U.S. Republican candidate Margaret Heckler against Frank, during campaigns; Evaluation of economic policies of Governor Michael Dukakis.