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...have a high GPA and do not fall for the canard that the admissions committee is aware of hard courses, and will give you a break. They are aware of A, B, and C. They have no idea if Post-Modern Feminist Approaches to Derivative Trading is a hard course or a gut. Take a lot of guts, and use the extra time to explore extra activities. Do not innocently engage in learning for 'learning sake' --although certainly say you do. Do not take introductory Arabic or Chinese because they sound contemporary and important, especially when most kids in those...

Author: By Prateek Kumar, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Shrewd Undergraduate's Guide to HBS Admissions | 4/20/2008 | See Source »

...sexual repression. The first act, which takes place in colonial Africa, is played as a satire with the majority of the characters either gay or portrayed by the wrong member of each sex. During the second act, which takes place in Britain during the 1970s, the sexually repressed characters break free of societal bounds in the more liberal era. The younger characters decide to have an orgy, and Betty (Elyssa Jakim ’10), an older and recently divorced woman, discusses her realization of the merits of masturbation. The problem, however, is that the things that sound strange...

Author: By Kerry A. Goodenow, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Forced Farce Rains on ‘Cloud Nine’ | 4/20/2008 | See Source »

...second set 6-2.Omodele-Lucien started off slow at No. 6, but found his rhythm in the first set tiebreaker, which he won 7-2 on the strength of leaden run-around-the-backhand forehands. He cruised through the next set 6-1.At No. 2, Clayton went down a break early, but soon after knocked his opponent out of sync by mixing potent offensive shots into his trademark “I’ll get anything back” game.In Nguyen’s match at No. 3, things refused to go Harvard’s way.“Nothing...

Author: By Jonathan B. Steinman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Weekend Sweep Claims 27th Ivy Title | 4/20/2008 | See Source »

...Catholic bishop ever to become President of a nation. He has also pledged to tear up electricity price contracts with neighbors like Brazil, deals that he charges cheat Paraguay out of hundreds of millions of dollars in sales of its vast surplus power. "Our victory will mark a historic break with the past," says Lugo's campaign manager, Miguel Lopez. "A spontaneous, popular movement taking power in Paraguay. It's incredible!" In a recent speech, Lugo, 57, who leads most voter polls with as much as 39% approval, promised that "Paraguay will not continue to be an island separated from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paraguay Chooses Between Firsts | 4/19/2008 | See Source »

...ending with me being dumped and some woman driving off in a car, like, wildly excited to be free,” said Jason Segel, star of the upcoming movie “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” in an interview with The Crimson. For Segel, the pathetic break-up that serves as the background of “Forgetting” is an example of art imitating life.“I got dumped while I was naked once, which is why the naked break-up is in the movie, and I thought that it was hilarious while...

Author: By Ross S. Weinstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Segel Lets It All Hang Out | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

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