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...second theory is that economics is the path of least resistance. A student might major in economics because a friend or teammate does—a “herding” effect??or because economics has fewer requirements than many concentrations (10 courses, and 12 for honors). But in recent years, the department has made the concentration tougher, requiring calculus and econometrics on top of statistics, and the number of concentrators has gone up, not down. The grading curves in core economics courses are also among the toughest on campus. Herding, moreover, fails to explain the fact...
...Weatherl chuckled when I asked him what the effect of the Dems’ press release had been, if any, on his group’s event. “I think to the extent that it actually had an effect??and I say that because I don’t think most people actually care about the Harvard College Dems putting out a denouncement about Rove—it was great publicity for the HRC and the event,” he said...
...make the claim that even the Democratic electorate actually prefers a black man to his Caucasian equivalent—Ferraro called Obama “lucky”—is to presume an epiphany of toleration among the people for whom ‘the Bradley Effect?? was conceived...
...distraught about a cat, but in retrospect it makes perfect if inexplicable sense.Have you ever seen “The Butterfly Effect?” With Ashton Kutcher? Yeah, me neither. That’s because when I went to see “The Butterfly Effect?? with two friends my junior year in high school, we accidentally went an hour early. So to kill time, we went to Petsmart to look at dogs, and ended up purchasing a male Siberian dwarf hamster we named Diva.Diva led a short but action-packed life as he was passed covertly...
...Grade: B M.I.A. – “Paper Planes” “Paper Planes,” like all of M.I.A.’s “Kala,” is all about appropriation. The way the hook flips Wreckx-N-Effect??s “Rump Shaker” is how the whole album goes: no sex, just violence, now hand over the loot. M.I.A. seems just as comfortable at this track’s slower pace as she does on her more characteristic, dance-oriented songs, and this change...