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Admittedly, sometimes it seems that political disinterest runs rampant among students—at least in comparison to the free-speech movements of the 1960s. However not everyone in our generation relies on VoteGopher for political advice. Instead, some avid political junkies have ventured straight into the jaws of the national campaign. Take, for example, Steve E. Johnston ’09, Northeast Co-Chair of Students for McCain. Eager to talk politics, Johnston reflected on McCain’s extensive military service and his “straight talk” style: “There are lots...
...Making matters worse, early ads featured Jarvik rowing on a serene lake, but Jarvik, according to colleagues, does not row. The segments apparently featured a body double, a photographer and avid rower who wrote about his experience subbing for Jarvik in a newsletter published by his Washington rowing club...
...think like scientists, which he proceeded to do with a quiet passion, mainly in the laboratory. Mrs. Hastings, my stern, Radcliffe-trained English teacher, was as devoted to her subject as the gentle Doc Cappel was to his: a tough taskmaster on the art of writing essays and an avid guide to the pleasures of James Joyce. Looking back, I'd have to credit this inspirational pair for carving the path that led me to a career writing about science...
...HFPA has taken heat for being a club of undistinguished foreign newsmen, desperately avid for access to the stars. Show business reporters for some top newspapers (The Times of London and Le Monde, for example) are not among its members (though others, including The Daily Telegraph and Rome's La Reppublica, are.) But the important point isn't the pedigree of the journal; it's the job of the journalist. And the job of most HFPA members is to cover the entertainment industry, not to write film reviews. They should be voting on Most Cooperative Actor, Least Obstructive Publicist, Best...
Boris, who was a scholarship student and an avid sportsman at the exclusive boarding school Eton, was always academically gifted. But his reports there expressed worries that he might squander his potential by spreading himself too thin. It's a habit he's maintained in overlapping careers as a journalist, novelist, poet, classical historian, media personality and politician. "My policy on cake is pro having it and pro eating it," says Johnson, who became editor of the venerable British political magazine the Spectator in 1999 and swiftly reneged on a promise to Conrad Black, its proprietor at the time...