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...truly unsettling part of the story lies not in the text of the editorial or the critiques it elicited, but in something entirely outside of the authors’ control: the credence the international media has given their grousing and the blind deference to status that such validation represents. For in giving weight to the authors’ most basic assumption—that had Oxford been more accommodating and convenient, it might have satisfied their expectations—the media substantiated the idea, widespread among colleges catering to student whims, that the frustrations of everyday life can diminish...
...cited as a slide guitar luminary. In the fine print, Jack White is described as a “crawling king snake,” praised for his “fusion of prewar blues grit and Stooges napalm,” and (falsely) likened to the legendary Blind Willie McTell...
...Industry of America (RIAA) to combat illegal file sharing on college campuses. With the initiative, the organization is trying to respond to a threefold jump in RIAA warning notices sent to universities this academic year, according to an RIAA press release. “Many schools have turned a blind eye to piracy,” Berman said in his statement. The extent of Harvard’s enforcement currently involves forwarding RIAA warning notices to students that the organization has found illegally possessing copyrighted material, Levine said. As of this academic year, 44 notices have been sent to Harvard...
According to Fitzsimmons, Harvard conducts its admissions decisions completely need-blind, and there are no quotas for the admission of international or domestic students. But the admissions office, he said, does recognize that educational opportunity is limited for those students with less privileged economic backgrounds, and admissions officers try to take that into account...
...comedian Dave Chapelle wrought comic havoc by creating a fictional blind African-American who supports the Klu Klux Klan, unaware of his own blackness. But Farid Smahi is not a comedian, nor is he blind, although he does confound a stereotype: The son of Algerian parents and a longtime victim of anti-immigrant prejudice, Smahi is a candidate in France's forthcoming legislative election - for the anti-immigrant National Front of Jean-Marie...