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...contrast, NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws and a leading proponent of legalization, called the move a "major victory" for those seeking drug-law reforms. Tim Lynch, director of the Project on Criminal Justice at the libertarian Cato Institute, says the new policy announcement was a significant step that was "long overdue...
...fact that...Apparently, way back when, debaters from Emory used to switch the order of their speeches and bash their opponents first. It did, however, get Perkins talking about how the Harvard team isn’t really characterized by any single approach to argument. This is in contrast to teams like the inner city Baltimore college that talks about race, or Cal State Fullerton, which focus on “radical stuff, very lefty,” or Oklahoma, where debaters bring up Heidegger and Nietzsche...
Each time I visit The Otherside, I am reminded that fitting into hipster culture, and into many other social groups, requires a very specific set of affectations. By contrast, at Harvard you can almost always fit into a community as you are. I’ve spent quite a bit of time reflecting on whether and how my life would have been different if I had traded in my hours in lab and long nights perfecting problem sets to fit in with any given social set. Now, as a senior, I realize that it certainly would be different, but probably...
Like some rogue Baby Einstein offering, the black-and-white "Single Ladies" video provides visual and aural stimulation well suited for the under-2 crowd. Babies love high-contrast colors, steady beats and smiling women's faces. "Single Ladies" has all of these things. It's almost as if Beyoncé designed it for children...
...Moulin Rouge-like music hall with ornate moldings and tapestries, though beautiful, presents a stark contrast to the set for “Stomp.” Quite overwhelming at first, it consists of worn and dented street signs, trash cans, construction tools, and metal siding flung across the stage or hung on a tall fence-like rack. It has a rough, rugged feel to it that complements the posh theatre surrounding it. The stage is topped off with loads of sand scattered across the floor. And so the stage is set. Lights rise. Action...