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...these kids are not the wretched of the earth. The camera shows their backgrounds to be lower or middle class. They live in suburbs, they have pleasant-appearing, even kindly, parents. The devil - in the form, let us say, of a crack dealer - does not live next door. The kids are, as far as we can see, perfectly normal young Americans. And, indeed, the politicians their parents overwhelming favor have been in power for six years. So one begins to wonder: What are the sources of that powerful sense of disenfranchisement that drive these parents to abet this robbery, this...
...pledged to crack down on Harvard-Yale tailgates after the 2004 Game, leaving some doubt as to whether there would be a tailgate at all. But yesterday’s announcement that the party will indeed go on left few students in a celebratory mood...
...after negotiations with the Boston Police Department (BPD). After a tailgate so rowdy in 2004 that BPD Captain William Evans said, “I was embarrassed to be a policeman on that field seeing what I had to see,” top College officials are cracking down on alcohol use—and student leaders are not happy. Some House Committee (HoCo) members—who met with Gross and other College officials tonight to discuss the rules—expressed concern that the regulations will encourage students to get drunk before going to the tailgate, or that...
...emerges in the question and answer sessions. These can often last as long as half of the class time and Laibson does an impressive job of intelligently and intuitively answering every question while maintaining the attention of students. Laibson is surprisingly accessible to students and is not afraid to crack a joke or two in class. Shleifer, in stark contrast, comes off as much more dry and less approachable. This distinction comes from his frank and unaffected demeanor in lecture and the boring course material doesn’t help. Unfortunately, the TFs for this class vary in quality...
...memorization forms the backbone of the class. At midterm and final time, every word from Marshall’s mouth is up for grabs—students were grilled about total minutiae from lecture, and TFs were picky with what answers were awarded full credit. Basically, though, if you crack open the damn book, do your reading, and actually study for this one come test time, you’ll be okay...