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...Nobel prize winners wanted to play beer pong with prefrosh, and Harvard had a president whose name alluded to the time of year when the loving sun is closest to the earth. And he would sign dollar bills. Now the new president’s name alludes to a bitter scholar who makes pacts with Satan...
...back in Middle-earth and see it in a younger, wilder era. There's plenty of lore for scholars, and plenty of dwarves and balrogs and mighty smiting for the casual fan. Just one warning: it's a dark tale with a flawed hero, full of ruinous accidents and bitter betrayals. You'll have to wait till the Third Age for a happy ending...
...form of “payback.” For example, the Harvard College Women’s Center welcomes male visitors and interns, and its programming is largely open to all undergrads. They must not have gotten the memo about advancing the “bitter female” agenda. Of course women are achieving equality in some significant areas, such as college admissions, but feminism–including the continued existence of women’s groups –will not be outdated or in poor taste until equality of opportunity between people of all genders exists...
...show, the crowd was asked to emulate the reactions of the audience back in 1925. Transforming their perceptions to those of townsfolk in rural Tennessee, spectators cheered for many of Bryan’s appeals to creationism and hissed at Darrow’s agnostic arguments. The most bitter yelling and name-calling was saved for the final battle of wits and words between heavy-hitters Bryan and Darrow. Darrow surprised the audience by calling Bryan to the witness stand, on the premise of his Bible expertise. Darrow succeeded in lampooning the aging statesman and the audience was brought...
...this magazine called “The Cult of Yale,” whose cover bore the headline “Hating Harvard: Should we all have just gone to Yale?” The article enraged a lot of my friends, who told me I was a bitter freshman without any school spirit. But the article’s publication meant something more than that: it meant that I could take a look my school, tear it apart, and still wholeheartedly love it. I have had “fun” in these past four years. Perspective...