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...Harvard’s $25.9 billion endowment is being used to protect its students from falling foliage is outrageous. We come to Cambridge from all corners of the globe expecting an institution that practices what it preaches: a devotion to excellence and unabashed superiority. If we wanted an acorn-induced concussion or to get wet when it rains, we would have gone to Yale or Princeton. But at Harvard, we expect something more. In fact, we are entitled...
Admittedly, the chance that one is going to be struck by an acorn while traversing the Yard is slim. Yet it is also completely random, much like getting struck by lightning, or being sentenced to death in Texas. This is disconcerting, as it means that the “best and brightest” in Cambridge—as we were not only the winning sperm but also a member of the top ten percent of Harvard applicants—are as vulnerable as anyone else. In fact, we are just as likely to get hit on the head...
This sensory overload of twisted preciousness loses steam toward the end, however, as the video ends with several unidentifiable creatures springing out of an acorn spaceship (which makes as much sense as anything else in the video) and dancing for the final 30 seconds. The relative immobility of the scene allows the viewer to catch her breath and think “that was completely nonsensical...
...ballot for the presidential candidate who had promised to raise the federal minimum wage. There are plenty of possible reasons why Kerry didn’t capitalize on the living wage movement in Florida. Many, including Jenn Kern, national organizer for the Association of Communities Organizing for Reform Now (ACORN), the group that spearheaded the Florida living wage campaign, blame Kerry. “Kerry,” says Kern, “failed to seize the opportunity to use the issue to connect with voters.” Regardless of who is responsible for Kerry’s loss...
...fairy tale, a fretful fowl named Chicken Little gets bonked by an acorn, mistakes this minor incident for an astral calamity and frightens the neighbors by exclaiming, "The sky is falling!" In the world of traditional animation, when computer-generated (CG) 3-D cartoons came in, the sky did fall. The first piece was Pixar, with such movies as Toy Story and Monsters, Inc. Another chunk was DreamWorks (the Shreks). And, yes, an outfit called Blue Sky fell too, with Ice Age and Robots. Hand-drawn, or 2-D, animation was instantly kaput. Chicken Little was right...