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...resources the University has to offer. But as I reach the end of my stay here, I am confronted with the inevitable—what the hell am I going to do next year? Having endured many years of draining, albeit rewarding, schooling, I am not prepared to commit myself to more. Further, after investing over $100,000 in education, I would kind of like to see some return. I came to Harvard not only for the excellent knowledge I would acquire and the stimulating company I would keep, but also with hopes that this education would carry some capital...
...PASSED. A BILL allowing the death penalty for people convicted of so-called honor killings; by the lower house of Pakistan's National Assembly; in Islamabad. Under current law, the maximum penalty for relatives who kill female family members who commit adultery or marry without family permission is seven years in jail. In Pakistan last year, more than 1,200 women were murdered in honor killings...
Jack and Miles are ideal opposites. Miles is nerdy and needy, analyzing every sip of wine, fretting over every impulse, convinced that he's too insignificant a writer even to kill himself: "Hemingway, Sexton, Plath, Woolf--you can't commit suicide until you're published." Jack, whose fluorescent grin almost distracts from his fading good looks, still believes he has It. ("I get chicks lookin' at me all the time, all ages. Dudes too.") With a true actor's magnificent focus and minute attention span, he's so in the moment than he can convince himself of anything, including that...
...this nature to occur. This year’s CLC is working with a budget and concert/comedian allocations set by last year’s Council. While I have confidence in the Concert Commission to deliver a spectacular Bob Dylan show, fiscal responsibility dictated that our committee not commit returns from those shows prematurely. It is our belief and hope that money generated by those events will allow further HoCo allocations. As a HoCo Treasurer, I have tremendous appreciation and enthusiasm for the value and work of House Committees, and I believe appropriate UC funding for HoCos is extremely important...
...It’s the year 2004 and you have to wonder how many times you can commit yourself to faithful concubinage,” he said...