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Drake will replace Justin H. Haan ’05 as the College’s next “fun czar...
...totalitarian state that governs Harvard’s social scene, a historical epoch has been reached: remarkably, the Fun Czar, Fun Republic, and Fun Proletariat are all in agreement. The decision of the Undergraduate Council (UC) to sever ties between itself and large-scale social programming is not only backed by Campus Life Fellow Justin H. Haan ’05, but is sure to be well-received by the majority of Harvard undergraduates. We support the creation of an independent undergraduate social programming board and applaud the UC for endorsing this initiative. At the same time, we hope that...
...have permeated the media. Not just the all-news channels but also books, plays, songs. Michael Moore's political take, Fahrenheit 9/11, scared up $119 million at the domestic box office, and ABC is preparing a mini-series based on The 9/11 Commission Report, with Stephen Root as terrorism czar Richard A. Clarke and Harvey Keitel as John O'Neill, the FBI's al-Qaeda sleuth who died in the World Trade Center carnage. Flight 93, a TV movie about the same events shown in United 93, reaped the A&E Network's all-time highest ratings and stoked...
...find enough water? The congressional Hispanic caucus wants $1 billion in spending on roads and bridges and Customs officers; El Paso state senator Eliot Shapleigh and other Texas lawmakers have called for a Marshall Plan for the border; El Paso Congressman Sylvestre Reyes wants Bush to appoint a border czar who can cut through the red tape and make things happen...
Harvard’s “alcohol czar,” Ryan M. Travia, is head of an initiative seeking to reduce binge drinking, so the bait used to lure students to his talk at Leverett House might have seemed surprising: booze. Travia, director of Harvard’s Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Services, staged a question and answer session on drinking in the Leverett Senior Common Room last night, underlining his frank and pragmatic approach to undergraduate alcohol use. “We are not prohibitionist by any stretch of the imagination,” said...