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Yale has finally trumped Harvard—albeit, in an area of dubious merit. The Eli administration has finally proven that they can be even more overbearing and paranoid about drinking and parties than even the sternest Crimson authority figure. But to many, myself included, Yale’s announcements—tailgates now have to end by the start of the third quarter, drinking games and U-Haul dancing are strictly forbidden, and any student caught actually having fun will be expelled—came as little surprise. After all, Yale has been trying since its birth (the unfortunately...
...charm of the protagonists makes them entirely relatable to the college audience; Jane and Elizabeth’s bedtime talk about Jane’s coy flirtation with Mr. Bingley is exactly of the same tone as the conversations my roommate and I share from top and bottom bunk, albeit with slightly different syntax. Anyone who missed the reading for Reid Professor of English and American Literature Phillip J. Fisher’s English 157, “The Classic Phase of the Novel,” can skip the SparkNotes and use this film as a reliable source...
With all of the excitement surrounding Apple's video-capable iPod, and the iTunes Music Store's $2 TV-show downloads, it was easy to miss the third, albeit smaller, piece of the pie: the iMac G5 with remote control...
...seriously, and not merely in hypothetical terms. Why, then, if I know and agree with some of these common objections, am I comfortable being a member of a final club? First of all, no acceptable alternative is on the table; after all, final clubs do fulfill an important, albeit inflated, social role at Harvard. If the final clubs disappeared, the University would buy up the land, and not a single square foot of it would be dedicated to student social space. The new library administration building across from Felipe’s should serve as a glaring reminder of that...
Alma also succeeded, albeit questionably, in climbing the social ladder. “Then last of all Alma was put in, in spite of the fact that a few people were skeptical. I know she will be perfectly great—a Freshman must not be judged too harshly for all her chance acquaintances...