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...large, America’s youth have historically remained an untapped resource in politics—to the detriment of the country as a whole. The youngest section of the electorate has been the least engaged in our nation’s great business of political warfare; however, it is imperative that the youngest voters—those voters who will soon be our doctors, lawyers, teachers and laborers—be intimately acquainted with the ins and outs of the great ideological issues of our times. Therefore, it is deeply encouraging that one of the nation?...
...entirely orthodox; almost every time that the production strays from convention, however, it’s a good thing. The play’s music, for example—that batch of motifs that Williams fetishized in his stage directions—is nearly nonexistent, but to no great detriment. And the production’s Stanley Kowalski (Simon N. Nicholas ’07) is an interesting interpretation: Williams describes Stanley as a “gaudy seed-bearer” neanderthal, but Nicholas’ Stanley is surprisingly sassy and alert. There’s never a moment...
...meantime, we are still rather skeptical of any proposal to move Houses across the river. We worry that the impetus for this particular planning assumption is the enhancement of the Allston campus to the detriment of student life—a desire to exploit the liveliness of college students to enhance an otherwise undesirable locale. As the task force on undergraduate life in Allston approaches its final months before the members write their report, we hope they remain cognizant of students’ numerous concerns. Indeed, we doubt any Allston proposal will get much of a hearing from students without...
...when, in October, Republicans cite Democratic House candidates’ votes against this ban on fast food lawsuits, American consumers should remember who stood up for their rights to redress corporate wrongs. In an age where companies have defaulted on morality and responsibility to the detriment of ordinary Americans, the ability to hold these companies accountable is imperative. A furor over lower front waists and larger dress sizes shouldn’t obscure the larger goal: promoting corporate responsibility...
Another undergraduate with dual membership agrees. “Even if I can’t explain the overlap,” he says, “I hold the organizations in different places in my life, and thus one has little benefit or detriment to the other...