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...writing about: If my T-shirts are “me,” and my T-shirts are owned by everyone, then does that mean I am like everyone, and thus that I am nothing as an individual? In recent weeks, fashionistas the world over have had to contend with this identity-shattering dilemma.During the semi-controversy surrounding the Women’s & Girls Foundation of Southwest Pennsylvania’s recent “girl-cott” of certain Abercrombie & Fitch T-shirts, the sentiment heard at Harvard was less of moral outrage and more of ridicule?...
...Cambodia, African-style.' That is how some Westerners describe Uganda today ... They contend that the government of President Apollo Milton Obote ... has caused the deaths of as many as 100,000 Ugandan civilians and brought another 150,000 to the brink of starvation in a ruthless campaign to wipe out guerrillas ... Said U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights Elliott Abrams during a congressional hearing ... 'Repeated reports of large-scale civilian massacres, forced starvation and impeded humanitarian relief operations indicate that Uganda has one of the most serious human rights problems in the world today' ... At one time known...
...smaller range of topics, and will feel less compelled to cram half a semester of knowledge into their heads all at once. Most importantly, these tests will be dispersed sufficiently throughout the semester, perhaps even with a few in September and December, so that we only have to contend with one grueling period of concentrated tests in October and November. Ultimately, its unlikely that professors and administrators will change their ways. Harvard has a nasty habit of clinging to its annoying little quirks even when presented with viable solutions. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to spend...
...Alito's friends hate the nickname "Scalito," which they contend was conferred by the media, and is generally used as an unflattering or dismissive reference to positions Alito holds in common with his fellow conservative Catholic Italian-American, Justice Antonin Scalia. Alito is perhaps a non-threatening version of Scalia-he's certainly in the justice's camp, but not as combative. Adam Ciongoli, a corporate lawyer who was counsel to Attorney General John Ashcroft, was a clerk to Alito and said he is humble and approachable. "He always reminded the clerks, particularly new ones, that they had to remember...
...celebrated exploits are recast as frauds. The Long March? The authors contend that legendary battles along the way didn't actually occur and suggest Mao and his communist army survived the 6,000-mile ordeal only because his political rival, Chiang Kai-shek, decided to let them move unopposed. The 1949 declaration of the People's Republic? A bust, the authors argue, as a nervous Mao frequently resorted to awkward throat clearing and offered no ideas for benefiting China's people. His love for the peasants? Phony. "There is no sign that Mao derived from his peasant roots any social...