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...arrive earlier to get their position of choice, or instead go elsewhere.According to these performers, there was a time when the area surrounding Harvard was the place to be for the young and hip, and, therefore, for street musicians. For these people, the present-day Harvard Square pales in comparison to its past self.Manny Mederos, a Portuguese guitarist who enjoys covering the likes of Simon and Garfunkel and Neil Young, recalls the overcrowding of Harvard Square in years gone by.“I used to play here a lot, before, when it used to be really busy...
...decorated with several cardboard cow cutouts, a live cow in a trailer, and a Ben & Jerry’s banner on the castle itself. One of the founders, Ben Cohen, told the assembled crowd, “In our long careers as ice cream men, everything pales in comparison to being honorary members of the Lampoon.” “I think the Lampoon guys figured, ‘How can we get free ice cream?’” said his partner Jerry Greenfield, speculating on the reason for their invitation. The Lampoon regularly inducts...
...don’t downgrade him because he does everything right and may not play as well on Saturday.” The tirade and its aftermath raised a delicate issue of journalistic ethics: How much sensitivity is owed to a 22-year-old amateur athlete, especially in comparison to a struggling pro passer like Rex Grossman? Is it wrong to write, “Obscure collegiate athlete X should play instead of obscure collegiate athlete Y, because X is better or Y isn’t good enough”? Around the Ivies doesn’t have...
...college, are correlated with the socioeconomic status of test takers, and are subject to the influence of coaching and private tutoring, luxuries only available to those who can afford them.Despite their many flaws, however, standardized tests are a necessary convenience for many schools, serving as a coarse method of comparison between the tens of thousands of applicants a school may consider every year. Steps should be taken to ameliorate the importance of these tests, but getting rid of them is unfortunately not a viable option.The good news is that debate about the importance of standardized testing in college admissions finally...
...surprisingly, every bit the World of Warcraft enthusiast.“You think you won’t be into it ‘til you try it,” he drawls. “Like Harry Potter.”It’s an apt comparison. Like the ubiquitous bespectacled boy wonder, World of Warcraft (WoW) is a hugely popular “massively multiplayer online role-playing game” (MMORPG) that asks its participants to imagine an alternative reality where the inhabitants aren’t your friends and suite-mates, but rather strangers huddled...