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...country from where the conservatives are taking it," says John Podesta, a former Clinton White House chief of staff who last year launched a progressive think tank, the Center for American Progress, modeled on the successful think tanks created around the conservative movement in the 1970s and '80s. "When a campaign is about the person, in defeat the whole thing collapses. That's not going to happen because this feels more like movement politics...
...admit it. My countdown to last weekend’s Leverett ’80s dance began during its predecessor in April. As a prefrosh, I wondered whether it was ever worth paying $5 to attend a dance. Then I got inside the Leverett 80’s Dance and learned that five bucks was completely worth the chance to wear scrunchies and listen to Bon Jovi...
With outfits ranging from shirtless guys to spandex to side ponytails and headbands (or some combination thereof), it was easy to forget the ’80s ever came to an end. In the words of Abe Riesman ’08: “I could smell Ronald Reagan there. He was alive...
However, in spite of all the obstacles inside the Leverett Dining Hall, the ’80s were alive and well. There is simply no substitute for good music. Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” and Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” electrified the dance floor, though other ditties (i.e. Boy George’s classic “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me”) left the crowd slightly confused. Still, when the dance ended at 12:45 with Bon Jovi?...
Last weekend at Harvard, ghosts returned and the ’80s came back, if only for a moment. It was, as Carrie Andersen ’08, described it, “F***ing awesome!” And lucky for us Flashdance fanatics, there’s another one in April... And the countdown begins. again...