Word: elitist
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...relativism, progress itself has come to seem a perniciously elitist and Eurocentric concept, a useful ideological tool for advancing a global capitalist agenda at the expense of what is condescendingly referred to as the “developing world.” And the neo-conservatives, who have portrayed themselves as the paladins of “end of history” Hegelian progressivism, are routinely demonized for leading the United States into a mistaken war in Iraq. All told, progress and the talk thereof have become nothing short of a pariah...
...hall. “In Vino Veritas!” Verdict: Whatever. The Eliot Fete As Ben Folds said at Yardfest ’06, “Eliot House really sucks.” Each year, the United States Secret Service swoops in to protect Eliot House, its elitist residents and their personal swipe-gate from curious outsiders. No one knows the truth about what happens inside, but if any Eliot dude is looking for a date, feel free to let me know. Verdict: Guilty. The Dunster House Formal A few days after the Dunster Goat Roast (kegs, dunk...
...bubblephobes out there—instead of hating us, please try to understand us. We are not here to do you harm; we merely want to float along in our solipsistic lives. Perhaps we are smug and elitist, but at least we admit it. You say you want to help “the common man.” But what the common man really wants is to be left alone by sanctimonious Harvard students like us. He has his NASCAR and Jesus Christ; we have our Radiohead and James Joyce. To each, his own bubble...
...back to Cabot for lunch? Burned through your Board Plus? Now that our final refuge—Adams House—is enforcing dining restrictions, it’s time to fight back with this guide to vigilante justice. 1) Publicly allege that Adams has returned to its elitist roots and discriminates against whatever race you happen to be. 2) Revenge and prosper: empty the toilet paper roll dispenser, conveniently located on your way out. 3) Go to breakfast. Strike the gong. Escape as sleep-addled Adamsians struggle to apprehend you. 4) Go to lunch. Strike the gong. Accuse...
...United States and its citizens of the impossibility of the American bubble, and Harvard would be no exception. The debate over the war foreshadowed the radical transformation that Harvard would undergo after Dec. 7, 1941. By the war’s conclusion, the change would be undeniable: traditionally elitist Harvard would become, more than ever before, concerned with life outside its historically impenetrable shell.THE ORIGINAL STUDENT PEACE MOVEMENT During the late 1930s, debate over the United States’ potential role in the brewing European conflict became an issue of central concern at Harvard. President James B. Conant...