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...there really a problem with this? Do I actually take issue with the furry blue puppet’s pushing for better nutrition? It’s not the character inconsistency of this childhood icon, but rather the reasoning behind that change, that’s troubling...

Author: By Marcel E. Moran | Title: A (Cookie) Monstrosity | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

...obesity epidemic, across all ages, but the notion that the solution is the defilement of a popular character’s sole characteristic is pointless and ineffective. Following this same line of thinking, Oscar the Grouch ought to go through a happy streak, one that would hopefully overcome childhood depression, (for that matter Oscar needs to stop living in a trash can; the number of kids following his example there is on the rise...

Author: By Marcel E. Moran | Title: A (Cookie) Monstrosity | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

...there is something troubling about the willful distortion of a hallmark of American childhood just to get a message across. Cookie Monster may not have been as dynamic as Big Bird or Snuffleupagus, but his calling card’s—these cookies, of course—comic consistency was worth even the questionable influence on viewers’ eating habits...

Author: By Marcel E. Moran | Title: A (Cookie) Monstrosity | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

...do’ list (come on, it’s Harvard) Something you’ve always wanted to tell someone: “oh you mad cause I’m stylin’ on you” Favorite childhood activity: Training for the stuntin’ Olympics Sexiest physical trait: I’m told I have a great pair of….eyes Best part about Harvard: Bougie cocktail parties every weekend Worst part about Harvard: Nothing but bougie cocktail parties every weekend Describe yourself in 3 words: Down to Earth In 15 minutes you are: Putting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scoped! Lori M. Adelman '08 | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

Shortly before Bush landed on an aircraft carrier with a sign reading “Mission Accomplished,” Makiya and several expatriate friends from London got into a car at the Iraqi border and drove to Baghdad. It was the first time Makiya had visited his childhood home since he left the city in 1967 to attend MIT, and he was shocked...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘A War Over Memory’: Reconstructing a Nation’s Identity | 3/18/2008 | See Source »

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