Word: argumentativeness
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DREW: First off, your cover-art argument is absurd—I don’t understand what importance you’re ascribing to those images, and Oasis used a cheeky Euro-looking logo more effectively than Blur ever did. Moreover, there’s the issue of whether or not cover art really means a damn thing, especially nowadays when a cover is expected to be bizarre and/or “artsy...
...education in lieu of the narrow, overly specific “approaches to knowledge” introduced in esoteric classes like Literature and Arts C-42, “Constructing the Samurai” and Literature and Arts B-31, “The Portrait.” No argument here—undergrads have wasted too much time learning about the Swing Era and too little understanding the foundations of the Western canon...
...argument grows repetitive after a while, lapsing into conservative rhetoric and reaching its nadir with a drawn-out chapter on the campus tumult of the ’60s, complete with tiresome condemnations of “parlor liberals...
...continued the argument, saying that the current social security system is “meant to prevent old people from eating dog food,” but added that the cost of social security falls disproportionately on poorer Americans...
...entire area. These are faint qualms about such a crucial housing complex, but they have been raised by East River undergrads. Since the case for construction is so strong, there is no reason why the University and the HPAI shouldn’t be able to make a convincing argument to House residents and Masters about the necessity of the new construction. They must do so. Intra-University bad blood is unnecessary and unproductive at this early stage...