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...Amidst the flurry of 12,000 runners at yesterday's 102nd Boston Marathon, Harvard was represented not only by a fleet-footed tutor but also by two students who were running for more than the finish line...
...game played by invisible hands. The myth that the laws of the free market will inexorably lead us to the light at the end of some economic and social tunnel is just that--a myth, and a dangerous one at that. We refuse to believe that we must live amidst exploitation, inhumanity, greed, and massive inequality, and call this "irrepressible." We refuse to believe that stopping a sweatshop here and there is the best...
Dessert proved imperative, in spite of embarrassingly inflated waistbands and popped buttons. Amidst the traditional Key Lime Pie and Pecan Pie came the pernicious, though probably delicious, gesture towards chic--Praline Parfait and Flan. The Pecan Pie is served (naturally) piping hot, graced by silky, homemade vanilla ice cream so light it was almost ice milk. It was perfect. The Key Lime Pie was typically tart and sweet, graham crackery crust with sour flecks of lime rind...
...teenage angst bullshit has a body count!" And so, Veronica Sawyer, god-daughter of teenage troubles, instigated the rebirth of the noir movement. People in Black (PIBs), Veronica and J.D. do battle with the forces of popularity and color coordination amidst the perils of keggers, footballers, and homophobic cow-tippers. And the winner is: black and blue angst and no "dark horse" date to the prom...
...here I am, a 21-year-old college student, soon to find himself amidst of end-of-classes parties, reading period parties, hush-hush during-finals parties, post-finals parties, Commencement parties and summer housing "Woohoo, no Senior Tutor to bust our chops, just the cops!" parties. I enjoy my fair share of lively soirees, joking around, chatting it up, listening to music, enjoying the company of strangers. These all qualify me as a reasonably healthy and mildly hedonistic Harvard student. Except that I don't drink. However do I cope...