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Ukrainian author Dubravka Ugresic will read from and discuss her new essay compendium, Thank You for Not Reading: Essays on Literary Trivia. Her commentary on the increasingly commercial emphasis of literature as opposed to a culture of reading and writing built on the power of words and ideas is well worth the time. Free. Harvard Information Center, in the Holyoke Center...
...never been so happy in my entire life,” said Force, who wrote her college application essay...
Jeremee R. Peters ’08 said she faced disciplinary action for failing to turn in an assignment—a consequence of her Red Sox fanaticism. After she neglected to turn in an essay for Expos 20, she said she was summoned to meet with Assistant Dean of Freshmen Wendy E. F. Torrance...
...other members of the class of 2005, Kiran Gupta and Manik V. Suri, co-authored the chapter on the college essay after gaining interest in helping underprivileged kids while tutoring minority students with the “Let’s Get Ready” organization. Kung, now at Harvard Business School, wrote about the importance of high school activities. Their end result, what Suri describes as a “step-by-step manual of how you go about the process of applying to college,” is now published through McGraw-Hill publishing company and in bookstores...
JAMES PONIEWOZIK'S ESSAY "THE AGE OF iPod Politics," about Americans' ability to fashion their own insular world, was right on target [Sept. 27]. With the smorgasbord of available media coverage of presidential politics, we can see to it that even the news can be personalized to jibe with our own particular reality. America's endless supply of niche media outlets has given us the option of selecting a news source that suits our specific political ideology, leaving us with a narrower perspective and a brazen contempt for opposing viewpoints. Individualism and dissent are the lifeblood of our democracy...