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...Today's kids aren't taking up arms against their parents; they're too busy texting them. The members of the millennial generation, ages 18 to 29, are so close to their parents that college students typically check in about 10 times a week, and they are all Facebook friends. Kids and parents dress alike, listen to the same music and fight less than previous generations, and millennials assert that older people's moral values are generally superior to their...
Emily A. Hughes ’11, who brought in the top bid at $202, and also bid on a few of her friends, echoed Chi’s sentiments. “It’s a cause that really hits close to home, and it’s a fun twist on a fundraiser,” she said. “There’s a standard set of ways to raise money, and this is kind of a curveball that’s great to do once in a while...
Leaders of the three parties opposing the bill raised the concern that women would not vote independently, instead serving as proxies for male family members. This argument seems both condescending and misplaced: First, it implies that all elected women will become unaware pawns susceptible to coercion from close family members; second, it doesn’t take into account the possibility—and hope—that elected women will ultimately cast their own votes, no matter the outside forces attempting to sway their decisions...
...location is the best. Our courtyards are by far the nicest. It’s the best because we’re not on the river, but we are close enough to Harvard Yard. But actually a House—not like Adams...the structure of Adams is a bit strange because it was sort of built upon aggregated things. So we are the only “house” House that has that...
...ponied up $500,000 to jump-start his campaign. (Another candidate, Laurence Verga, suggested "the people that voted the current Administration in.") Instead of jousting over policy, the seven hopefuls served up a buffet of popular items - pledging to slash taxes, confront Iran, try terrorists at Gitmo and close the borders. From the reaction of the raucous crowd, the candidates have their ears close to the ground. "I look where our government, both Republicans and this Administration, has taken us, and I see us at the abyss," says Kurt Feigel, a Web designer and Tea Party activist...