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After a few awkward moments waiting by Out of Town News, this motley crew of argumentative youth was assembled and ready to hit the T. Not long after we passed through the MBTA turnstiles, the debates were already raging. A casual conversation on the role of the Undergraduate Council in politics and student life evolved into a passionate argument about Harvard’s ROTC policy quicker than anyone who doesn’t pronounce their “r’s” could say, “Charles/MGH...
...that balancing act is awkward, Caperton relishes another part of his job--his nascent role as the nation's curricular impresario. "I didn't want to run a testing company," he says. "But when I saw what the College Board was and, more important, what it could be, I saw the power to do much more than they were doing in the past to improve education." Under his watch, the board is issuing quite specific recommendations about what schools should teach--for instance, math lessons should include radical equations (such as 5 (square root...
...guide, it will be his most difficult question of the night. On each of our last two Monday nights of Hardball, the candidate-guest has struggled with the first genuine softball of the evening. The quick-talking Sen. John Edwards was dumbfounded at this simple question, creating a painfully awkward silence while he tried to think of one (which led many to comment that it must have been the one question for which he hadn’t been previously coached). The following Monday, Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, offered The Blues Brothers and Animal House, but not before...
Alex: “New York.” [awkward pause...
Random Freshman #1: “Oh my god, I have so much reading, because I don’t have any science classes. [painfully awkward pause #5] Well, I’m sorry to rush off, but I have to go read...