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HOW many times have we heard it before? The alleged slogan of the "younger generation" is "MAKE BUCKS, NOT LOVE." The younger generation is marked by materialism, "somberness," and "deglandularization." We have no passion. We have no idealism. We have no politics. Last week, Michael Blumenthal joined the ever-growing...
I'LL start with Shakespeare: "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun" is one of the more romantic lines of the more romantic sonnets of Shakespeare. Blumenthal uses the line as a possible theme for the '80s generation, one that refuses to idealize love and lovers. The poem goes...
Since it's too hard to believe that Blumenthal could misread or mishear this badly, I can only conclude that he thinks his readers are illiterate and/or deaf. Well, we're not. We recognize a misquote when we see it, and we recognize a mud-slinging at our collective character...
Maybe it's a jinx. There must be some reason the lowly Elis are 8-1-2 at home against the Crimson since the Bicentennial. Some Harvard-affiliated person somewhere must have said or done something really horrible to incur the wrath of the Connecticut sports gods. Home ice advantage...
But that would be a terrible solution. The talented Crimson, ranked third in the nation coming into last night's debacle, better be able to knock off lesser teams that are gunning for it. As defending champions, everyone will be gunning for them.