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Before an IOP crowd of 100, liberal hotheads Ho and Clarke were joined by conservative firebrand G. Brent McGuire '95, senior council member of Peninsula, and Whitney D. Pidot '96, president of The Harvard Salient and fence-sitter par excellence...
Star Trek: Generations (directed by David Carson, who did several episodes of the series) continues the exploration of this theme. Data (Brent Spiner) has an "emotion chip" implanted in his brain, then suddenly has to deal with unfamiliar feelings like fear, remorse and giggly irresponsibility. Captain Picard, meanwhile, must overcome the siren-like lure of the Nexus, a timeless zone of pure joy that is being sought by the villainous Dr. Soran (Malcolm McDowell). The Nexus is a personalized fantasyland, where Picard experiences the idyllic home life he never had. Captain Kirk is there too, going through his own homey...
Believe him or fear him, you have to at least admire G. Brent McGuire '95's guts. The Peninsula Council member has proudly taken on the mantle as this year's voice of God. Debating before a largely unfriendly audience of more than 100 students, the arch-conservative spoke of the inherent intellectual superiorities of men over women and whites over Blacks...
McGuire defended America's proud tradition of bigotry that dates back past Lincoln and Jefferson to Socrates. But despite the rancorous debate, McGuire did not lose his sense of humor. When asked how the moral Brent felt that one of his heroes, Socrates, was a bi-sexual, he replied, "Yeah...
...opinions of Peninsula's G. Brent McGuire '95 were the most controversial. In his opening remarks, McGuire lashed out at the "liberal" ideal of equality, which he termed "pernicious and rotten to the core...