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Since it is the overwhelming nature of people, bright people in particular, to criticize, to find fault, and to justify, this column might seem naïve. Indeed, the cultural consensus at Harvard is not easily remedied. It seeps so completely into our thoughts that most written records of campus activities build their reputation on negativity, on attacking events or individuals, on finding points of weaknesses and whittling them into biting criticism. Is the snarkiness, the culture of condemnation so engrained in campus life and our nature that there’s nothing to be done...
Benjamin P. Schwartz ’10 is a history and literature concentrator in Winthrop House. His column appears on alternate Fridays...
Nearly two months ago, this column chronicled a financial misadventure whereby I got stuck paying $70 in overdraft fees to Bank of America because I had overdrafted my account by $6. In case you can’t remember that far back, the mood was outrage. I had been automatically enrolled in a so-called service—of which there is no opting out—that charges $35 for transactions you make when you have no money left in your checking account...
Clay A. Dumas ’10, a former Crimson associate editorial editor, is a social studies concentrator in Lowell House. His column appears on alternate Fridays...
Anthony P. Dedousis ’11 is an economics concentrator in Leverett House. His column appears on alternate Thursdays...