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...only recourse will be through the legislature. Under that circumstance, “if newspapers like The Crimson want these records, they’ll have to get the legislature to change the public records act,” said Leonard M. Singer, a lawyer who wrote an amicus brief siding with The Crimson...
...work—the product of a three-year collaboration with scientists from all over the country—will address the biological and ethical issues raised by genetic research, from the nature of aging to the “market for human perfection.” However, this brief excerpt, while visually interesting, lacked clarity of intention, and the moments of narration appeared forced and unexpected. Perhaps the full-length work will provide the framework for addressing these structural issues. The highlight of the evening was clearly the third and final piece of the program, “Small...
...public space,” such as a library, would be called a larceny. HUPD, by contrast, does not classify university libraries as public space. This means that with very few exceptions, anything stolen anywhere on campus is recorded as a burglary, Catalano said. A brief survey of several top universities suggests that Harvard’s way of reporting theft is relatively rare. Other university police said they would only consider theft a burglary if it occurred in a student residence hall. Columbia’s Assistant Vice President for Public Safety James F. McShane said that the Department...
...cigarettes with a Dorothy Parker-esque aplomb outside the Barker Center. And despite its lack of all food products, Café Pamplona was constantly mobbed. The normal laws of physics did not seem to apply.Then, I realized that metrosexuality was afoot. For the uninitiated, allow me to offer this brief definition of the phenomenon: Metrosexuality is a set of fashion choices designed to simultaneously confuse and attract heterosexual women, usually through the revival of matching accessories and uncomfortable shoes. Beyond this broad definition, however, metrosexuality is rife with variation.Someone of an empirical mind must make a valiant effort to classify...
...hazy glimpse into the life of India Ophuls, the daughter of Max Ophuls, the fictional former American ambassador to India. “Shalimar” opens with India’s birthday lunch with her father, which shows their somewhat strained but loving relationship. Brief but substantial hints indicate that India was conceived in the eponymous nation by Max and a Kashmiri lover during his appointment. Rushdie develops the storyline of the “India” segment in a few short pages before he introduces the main event that shapes the rest of the novel...