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...addiction, with the knowledge that my purchase is not helping the poor starving coffee farmers of the world. The “Fair Trade” seal is rarely on the pot or bag that I buy, and at the crack of dawn when I’ve just awoken or have yet to sleep, my yen for a good brew is much stronger than my remorse for Guatemala. It is the typical American consumer conundrum: what matters for me right now, versus what matters for everyone else in the world whom I will never meet...
...Upon stumbling home late Friday night, the piss-drunk Alexander R. Jubinski ’ 03 decided to “kick a few tunes” in the common room. His roommate, Will C. Benstein ’03, was awoken shortly thereafter by what he describes as “the loudest possible music. I was surprised that the neighbors didn’t complain, but then I realized that they might have—I wouldn’t have been able to hear if the phone rang or if the cops had been banging...
Many students were sleeping when the first plane hit the World Trade Center last year at 8:46 a.m. and were awoken by roommates or phone calls before rushing to watch the towers fall on television...
Swomley said that at the time, Cole was actually sleeping in bed with his girlfriend. When the officers entered, Swomley said, Cole was awoken and arrested...
Ruben Marinelarena ’02-’03, a lance corporal in the Marine Corps Reserve, was awoken last Tuesday by a friend who told him, “Ruben, I think you’re going...