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...expletive-of-choice way. Those are the only possible human reactions to viewing Ping Pong, the underground Nike soccer ad that has dribbled around the Web faster than Pel� in his prime. In the spot, Ronaldinho, a Brazilian considered the world's best soccer player, laces up his new Nike cleats, the Swoosh as golden as his game, and then, from the top of the 18-yd. box, fires a soccer ball off the 4-in. crossbar. Before the ball touches the ground, he corrals the rebound on his chest, juggles the ball with his feet and repeats the feat...
...imminent Harvard graduate, pondering what to do with the phase of life that starts with graduation and ends with death, might find the beginnings of guidance in the directive written atop Dexter Gate. Sure to be repeated ad nauseum in the coming weeks (its biweekly appearance in this column’s title was just the beginning), it reads, “Depart to serve better thy country and thy kind.” Seeking further guidance, the graduate would find none; the instruction offers little insight into how, exactly, we are supposed to “serve better?...
...Gore, Movie Star His new documentary on global warming is a great campaign ad: "Elect me or we will...
...officials in order to publicly try students accused of breaching the Honor Code. The frighteningly mysterious and over-reaching Administrative Board at Harvard is outdated and in dire need of reform. Although it mostly issues slaps on the wrist to Harvard freshmen caught drinking alcohol in the Yard, the Ad Board is actually charged with deliberating on almost all of the cases of student misconduct. However, it seems extraordinarily inconsistent that the same Board should deliberate on a case of a tactless but well-meaning beer-guzzling freshman and on a dishonest student charged with fabricating lab results. Simple discipline...
...account during the admissions process, according to College administrators.The debate outside Harvard, however, is one that has been going on—quietly—in the legislative and legal arenas for some time.PARTY LIKE IT’S 1998In 1998, Congress passed the HEA Aid Elimination Penalty, which added a new question to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Students were asked whether they had “ever been convicted of possessing or selling illegal drugs.” Based on their answers, over 189,065 people have been denied federal financial aid in the past...