Word: absurdity
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...University already makes too much of its status in loco parentis; it sets up absurd 1 a.m. room-party curfews and alcohol restrictions, and then wonders why people flock to the finals clubs. Harvard’s social scene is a nonentity compared to that of almost any other school in the country. For first-year students, the social scene is often particularly bleak. It was quite refreshing to read about a group of students truly disfruiting Harvard’s weekend offerings. Furthermore, the actions of the students profiled in the article were in no way dangerous or abnormal...
...sticks and Dramamine into an exploration of society and theater. But Christopher Durang ’71 and his over-the top, witty and downright deranged plays manage just that and more. Whether creating brilliantly disgruntled or just delightfully dysfunctional characters, he invents situations that are at once rudely absurd and universally revealing...
...structural subsidies that would otherwise flow from E.U. membership. So far the government hasn't been able to negotiate a deal to avoid the bizarre and politically disastrous outcome of being penalized for economic growth. A debate has sprung up in Slovenia about whether the government should take the absurd step of cooling the economy down to remain eligible for subsidies. "Hogwash," says Janez Potocnik, the Minister for European Affairs. "I would gladly postpone joining the E.U. if we could raise our GDP by another percentage point." The 53% of Slovenians who either think that joining...
...promise of collective litigation may not be fully realized if hindered by public backlash to individual litigation. The public will be rightfully indignant over the absurd size of the award and the greed that clearly motivates many plaintiffs. In an already litigious society, these cases will be associated with the same kind of shameless opportunism behind, for example, the farcical McDonald’s suit this year that blames the company for a customer’s obesity...
...point, however small it may be. The connection between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism can be a problematic one. Keeping surveillance on professors and course content can evoke uneasy thoughts of censorship. Nevertheless, the debate over the Middle East conflict and free speech has been distorted to an absurd, grotesque level...