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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...parental alum status. These reasons can be divided into two categories--merit and non-merit. Clearly, a strong essay or a commitment to athletics is deserving of merit, whereas a person's skin color, residence or parents are hardly indicative of achievement. In lumping these two separate and distinct categories together, the University of Michigan heads down the wrong path...

Author: By Colin K. Jost, | Title: Mistake in Michigan | 1/8/2001 | See Source »

...track demonstration of almost every weapon in the Possum's considerable vocal arsenal. The first line is understated, almost spoken. The second builds. The third is a crescendo, culminating in what must be the most fabulous single-syllable word ever recorded; I counted at least eight distinct notes. Then later in the song he does the same word again - and treats it quite differently. Quite simply, no one else is capable of such vocal fireworks - or at least carrying it off without making it sound like he or she is showing off. That, of course, is one of the joys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: George's Gems | 1/5/2001 | See Source »

...have distinct memories of him calling me on my birthdays and telling me he loved...

Author: By Meredith B. Osborn, | Title: Learning About Love | 1/5/2001 | See Source »

...Scott and Dustin Hoffman. The performace Friday was no exception, and afterwards, as I watched fellow members of the audience cry--in some cases, bawl--I realized that the play has not lost its relevance to American society. In fact, the major theme of the play has a distinct bearing on Harvard students and the important role that they play in shaping that society...

Author: By Vasant M. Kamath, | Title: Down the Path to Willy Loman | 12/15/2000 | See Source »

...videos are beautiful, from a purely aesthetic sense and from the distinct realism woven into the stories she tells. A video from class last year chronicles a trip Buckingham took with her younger sister to visit their grandmother. Buckingham's talented camera work is evident; she uses images shot of passing land along the highway while her car is moving, as well as images of her sister driving. She chronicles the miniscule, from a stop for a cigarette and coffee to her grandmother's demonstration of a vegetable grinder. A shot of a computer screen with a drawing...

Author: By Nikki Usher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Show Off | 12/15/2000 | See Source »

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