Sameerah Dhorat

Oh my word, this lecture is so boring. Who cares about the life and times of Shakespeare when you’d rather be hanging out with your friends? Oh wait, you can see what they’ve been doing anyway — all you have to do is whip out your phone, log on to www.facebook.com, type in your email address and password, and voila! You can see what your friends have been doing all day through the abbreviated news feed and what they’ve written on your wall.

Fears are growing for the welfare of detained Burmese Aids activist Phyu Phyu Thin (35), who has been on a hunger strike since June 19. Thin and 11 other activists were arrested on May 21 while attending a prayer service for opposition National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been under house arrest for 12 years.