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...editorial on the Undergraduate Council and the proposed increase to the Student Activities Fee (SAF) made three assertions (“A Vote of No Confidence”). While I appreciate the seriousness of the concerns raised, I feel that each assertion was inaccurate and has the potential to cloud debate on the upcoming referendum. First, the editorial questioned the council’s capacity to maturely deliberate issues of great importance to students because of “hostility and childish antics” at council meetings. In fact (as the editorial later concedes), decorum at council meetings...
...John Cloud, with Timothy J. Burger and Viveca Novak/Washington
Before the ink on Jenna’s geeky school photo has dried, the popular crowd struts down the hall in a cloud of hot pink and sparkles. Led by blonde side-ponytail styled Tom-Tom, constantly sporting bangle bracelets and acid wash denim, the self-titled “Six Chicks” have mastered both the complicated walk-while-chewing-gum combination and the snide remarks to Jenna and her road-less-traveled, slightly pudgy (read: loser) friend Matt. Jenna is, like, so not cool. Her only solace is to wish of a future circumscribed by her favorite...
...RESIGNED. MA FUCAI, 57, as president of China National Petroleum Corp., the country's largest oil-and-gas producer; after assuming personal responsibility for a gas blast in Chongqing last December; in Beijing. The explosion, which released a toxic cloud of hydrogen sulfide that killed 243 people and forced the evacuation of 60,000 villagers, was blamed on insufficient use of drilling fluids and on the removal of crucial safety equipment. Ma, whose rank in the Chinese bureaucracy was equivalent to a minister in the central government, offered to quit several times before his resignation was accepted by the State...
...Peter’s cynical take on his friend misguided? Perhaps. The stiff competition at Harvard amplifies the stress associated with the zero-sum competitions students face every day. This stress can cloud the judgments students make, particularly when distinguishing between their feelings of jealousy, anger and disappointment. Whether it be admission to a seminar, a spot in an a cappella group, or a prestigious fellowship, every student’s success comes at the expense of another...