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Other thimbles feature images of birds, trees and even the biblical ram; all metaphors characteristic of the distinctively earthy Iron & Wine sound. But perhaps the most powerful image is the perfectly ordinary brass thimble, which contrasts ironically with its showy partners. This is Sam Beam, the humble university professor-cum-indie-rockstar who records under the name Iron & Wine...
...still can’t shake the feeling that if I changed my thesis topic to “Why Summers Should Not Be University President,” I would have trouble getting even a cum laude reading. Most of the Faculty’s objections are small potatoes. He is sometimes domineering in committee meetings. Cornel West left for Princeton. In 1991, he signed a paper that discussed exporting pollution to underdeveloped countries (yes, even this came up on Tuesday). The back of his shirt often isn’t tucked in. That is just a small problem...
...even given the album’s often trite enviro-spiritual themes and archaic aesthetic, Enya comparisons would be both unflattering and unfair. Unlike the infamous neo-pagan Yoga soundtrack artist-cum-New Age diva, there is nary a hint of affectation in Todd’s idiosyncratic alto...
Michael J. Crichton ’64 may have been an academic all-star as an undergraduate, but Crichton—once a summa cum laude anthropology concentrator—gets failing marks from Harvard professors for his latest novel-cum-political rant, State of Fear...
Sandel starred as globalization’s critic, while Friedman, a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, championed global capitalism. Even as they expressed drastically different views, Sandel and Friedman interacted with the good-natured ease of ex-college buddies. Both men graduated summa cum laude from Brandeis University...