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...suppose terrorists, or reckless advertisers, could hide bombs in kegs at the Harvard-Yale tailgate if students weren’t required to wear pink bracelets.) In the aftermath of the fake fake attacks, Jan. 31, 2007 will always be remembered as the most harrowing uneventful day in Boston??s history. And the day when masses of angry Bostonians grudgingly turned their televisions to “Aqua Teen Hunger Force.” They simply couldn’t resist such good marketing...
...However, the most frustrating thing for me is not Boston??s native fandom. As we all learned in Moral Reasoning 22: “Justice,” the place of one’s birth is completely beyond one’s control. No, the most frustrating thing is the legions of Harvard students who, seemingly on cue, sprout Tom Brady jerseys and Red Sox hats and start yelling “Yankees Suck.” As one case in point, if one were to judge by student attendance at the wild rally after...
...Either way, while I’m sure that this sort of loyalty switching happens, to one extent or another, in every college town in America, I’m certain that it’s exaggerated here. The first reason is Boston??s undeniable, and hopefully short-lived, run of success. The second is the fact that many Harvard students tend to have quite troubled relationships with their hometowns. It’s no secret that almost everyone here worked extremely hard in high school, and that many weren’t exactly the sports type. Instead...
University officials yesterday unveiled their most detailed plans yet for the development of a new campus in Allston over the next half century, and said they hope to gain the City of Boston??s approval and begin construction across the Charles River before the end of the year...
Fifty-one-point-one million dollars. Forget about how many Harvard educations that could buy, or even how that is almost four times the previous record posting of $13.1 million. It is higher than the 2006 payrolls of five Major League teams. It is nearly half of Boston??s own 2006 payroll—all for one player’s ear! This doesn’t even factor in Matsuzaka’s salary, which Boston brass and the pitcher’s agent, Scott Boras, have reportedly agreed will be a hefty $52 million over...