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When you hear the name Elena, what comes to mind? If you were at Harvard last semester, you might recall the colorful Harvard Right to Life (HRL) posters depicting a fetus in various stages of development with a child’s crayon scribble saying “Hi, I’m Elena! Watch me grow!!” While undoubtedly controversial, the HRL posters were the essence of effective activism in that they were highly successful at raising awareness about an issue that gets far too little attention at Harvard...
...mien, strolling around the small, rich town of my boyhood. I heard his low hearty laugh, remembered his cutting, just off-color humor. Then that limbic system-memory link kicked in - the thing that brings you right back to your kindergarten classroom when you get a whiff of a crayon. I smelled Roger: Chivas Regal. I called my nurse back. This was always an order that always made them nervous. "Two ounces spiritus vini vitis," I said, referring to the pharmacy's rot-gut $5 Scotch. "Now and with meals. Don't worry, he'll wake up for it. Call...
...story of Duncan Thaw is, in many ways, an exploration of the artist’s life. We meet Thaw as a small boy, already drawn to the world of crayon and paper. Our introduction to Thaw’s world finds him quietly, childishly, absorbed in creation: “Duncan Thaw drew a blue line along the top of a sheet of paper and a brown line along the bottom...
...company, these moms ignore the scientific research on how day-care children are more disobedient and don't have social skills. Heavily dependent on their nannies, these moms couldn't make chocolate milk if they tried, and they certainly don't know that WD-40 is what gets crayon marks off a television screen...
Last week, an uproar mounted when the Harvard Right to Life (HRL) put up posters depicting an in utero fetus named Elena, captioned by crayon font, reading, “I’m 25 days old…and my heart already BEATS!!” Some in our community have taken justice in their own hands and deemed these posters unfit for public view. They have taken what in their view is a reasonable course of action: tearing down the posters. They are wrong. Vigilantes, we do not need your protection. HRL has a right to free expression...