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...mainstream and the fringes, presenting a full spectrum of what’s being said and thought and argued.” There are no particular rules by which bibliographers must abide, provided the material is legal. For proposed collection additions, price is more often an issue than objectionable content...

Author: By Molly O. Fitzpatrick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Let's Talk About Sex, Harvard | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

Harvard takes a similarly laissez-faire stance regarding the content of students’ work. Julia A. Rooney ’11, a Visual and Environmental Studies (VES) concentrator, paints—and paints whatever she wants. “Most professors are completely, completely open to whatever you have to throw at them,” she said. “They’re artists themselves. Everything is fair game...

Author: By Molly O. Fitzpatrick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Let's Talk About Sex, Harvard | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

Rooney has taken classes with people pursuing independent projects involving everything from nude photography to polemic political content. “I think it’s more about how the thing is dealt with than what exactly it is,” she said...

Author: By Molly O. Fitzpatrick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Let's Talk About Sex, Harvard | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

...relatively new publication, production costs have been an obstacle. To offset expenses, the current newsstand price is $10. The staff face further challenges in securing advertising from businesses reluctant to endorse explicit content, regardless of its artistic and intellectual quality...

Author: By Molly O. Fitzpatrick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Let's Talk About Sex, Harvard | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

...eponymous essay, “Silk Parachute,” opens the collection. Despite being McPhee’s most anthologized piece, it mainly excels at its style, and its content is not as intellectually rich or complex as the later pieces. It serves as an adequate introduction to the book and establishes an introspective tone that will stand out to readers more accustomed to McPhee’s journalistic mode...

Author: By Abigail B. Lind, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: John McPhee’s ‘Silk Parachute’ Is an Uplifting Triumph of Style | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

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