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...member posed the question: What qualities do you consider most important in a leader? The answers Gore and Bradley gave were trite and forgettable, but the significance of the query hung heavy in the air. In a post-Watergate, post-Lewinsky world, what universal attributes, if any, can we expect to be intrinsic to the leader of our country? Honesty? Morality? Intelligence...
Regardless of whether the current trend is to be "on the level of the people" in terms of brainpower, such a blatant lack of understanding about key international players is disturbing. Yes, it is unfair to expect a candidate to know specific details about each and every issue that could possibly be introduced. At the same time, the four countries mentioned have been in the news frequently; it's not as if Bush was asked to name the five major exports of Sri Lanka...
Judging from Ween's stage setup Sunday night, you'd expect them to be a skinhead hardcore band; distributed across the stage of the Somerville Theater were a bass drum with a flipped bird painted on the front, a party bottle of Jack Daniels and a riot gear-looking bullhorn. The fans that packed Davis Square's venerable fountain of obscurity know the truth about alt-rock's satirical brats, though: Ween is just kidding...
This is not a large exhibition. The photos do not add up to more than twenty, and they fit in the hallway as one enters the library. The beautiful, haunting colors of these images shock the eye. One does not expect to see such magnificent prints hanging in a suburban library filled with kids reading Curious George...
Stephen N. Smith '02, a council representative from Adams House, says he thinks it's a mistake to expect students to foot the additional costs of student groups on campus without the College kicking in funds in turn...