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...William Shakespeare is often a bigger draw than a play by Crimson back Steven Williams, there is one annual anomaly that brings the Harvard student body together in the name of sports: The Game.The final whistle’s sound each November cements the memories. Thanks to a league ban on postseason playoffs, there is no chance to change history—no conference title contest, bowl game, or national championship. The memories linger with coaches, players, and fans—exultant or despondent, sweet or sour.For the Class of 2008, those reminiscences are largely happy ones...
...simulating missions and training rather than “swanking it up” in a New York City sublet. Some of these extraordinarily dedicated young people are my friends, and I’m privileged to know them. But because of the culture Harvard has fashioned through its ban of the ROTC, these students’ biggest extracurricular is also their biggest source of separation from the University. If it weren’t for the few vestiges of their commitment that we see—Army fatigues worn every Tuesday or that sleek white Navy uniform?...
...fleeting phenomenon. Less presciently, many thought that the days of Ted Kennedy’s prominence on the American political scene were over after his 1984 presidential bid went afoul. At the same time, death sentences continued to be passed down after the Supreme Court removed its ban on the practice in the late 70s. And on February 28, America said goodbye to M*A*S*H, one of the most popular TV shows in its history...
...advocated prudent silence—the indefinite continuation of a century of defiant, nationalistic denial. Matters such as these show us that measured judgment and even condemnation have their place in international affairs—as in February, when the historically staunchly secularist Turks voted to roll back a ban on Islamic headscarves in state universities. Here, gender equity should prevail over democracy; the prohibition had served the commendable purpose of keeping a pattern of patriarchal exclusion out of educational institutions. The battle over the ban, still ongoing, is testament to Turkey’s schizoid situation between the fundamentalist...
...aspirin with a sinking feeling that this might be the last one we take. But candy and capsules are different things. Caution is always in order, but this year should have proved no more worrisome than any other. Nevertheless, for weeks before this Halloween, parents groups mobilized either to ban the holiday altogether or to arrange substitute activities for disappointed lots. Aldermen and city councils all over the country debated their right to call a halt to trick-or-treating. P. T. A. task forces patrolled neighborhood stores to watch for product contaminations. Local hospitals offered...