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When Michael Scott (Steve Carrel) of “The Office” talks about paper with that little twinkle in his eye, I admit I get a little choked up. Like Michael, I have an affinity for paper, and I love to hold it in my hands. That’s what she said.Recently though, I was on the website for Amazon’s “Kindle 2,” and what I saw caused concern in my paper-loving heart. The Kindle is essentially the iPod of books, allowing users to download a wide range...
...Drake’s club. He said we could hang out with the guys,” the British one said, excited. The group picked up their monogrammed L.L. Bean backpacks and headed towards Winthrop, Carmichaels scurrying along after them. As I settled into a carrel a few floors above the café, ready to study for an important midterm of my own, I couldn’t help but overhear Carmichaels’ raucous roommate, Ken G. Singer ’12, whispering just a bit too loudly. “He loves using StickyNotes...
...claimed by littered with open textbooks and marked-up papers. But here’s a thought: if you really needed that desk as much as its invisible owner, maybe you would’ve trekked to the library as early as he did and staked out a cozy carrel of your own. Leaving my books at my desk allows me to create a home away from home. It is a reminder that while I haven’t seen my room in days and don’t know what sunlight feels like anymore, I’ll always...
...they can get their hands on, but they also do disgusting things to mark their territory. Walk into Lamont on any given weekday, and you’re going to have a hard time finding a seat. You’ll scour the first floor, hope for an open carrel, but walk the length of the room to no avail. Then you see it, the mark of a Harvard hound: a North Face jacket draped casually over the back of the chair, open books, and a half-eaten bagel cluttering the desk. Yet, conspicuously missing from this scene...
...good its you.So when it’s 12:08 p.m. and I’m stuck behind you, or if you’re trying to show me how brilliant your small sibling is because it can recognize its fingers, or if you’re in the carrel in front of me breathing like you just ran a 5k, you better hope I’m listening to Disney. So that instead of shoving you or mocking you or glaring at you aggressively, we can settle this the normal, civilized way.A battle-dance. Hanson style...