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Given the $400 campaign budget and the ruckus that engulfs the campus every December, one might expect that becoming a candidate for the Undergraduate Council (UC) presidency is a difficult and painstaking process. But all it takes to get on the ballot is to find 150 people to sign their names and write down their e-mail addresses—it doesn’t even matter if the students have signed another candidate’s petition. Finding signatories is something most candidates do in an hour...
...Hautel Couture's boutique flagship, Dream, has followed its first property in midtown Manhattan with a sleek, glass-wrapped edifice in Bangkok www.dreambkk.com. Its resident manager, Adi Jaya, is a dapper Balinese who trained at the sumptuous Asian chain Amanresorts, so you can expect your total experience - accommodation, service, dining - to be sublime. Inside the guest rooms, the accent is purely contemporary: white walls and leather chaises, cerulean lighting, Egyptian cotton linen tucked into platform beds, iPod nanos and 42-inch plasma TVs, while the two suites boast deep-soak baths and bars stocked with Veuve Clicquot and 42 Below...
Assistant Director of Athletic Communications C. Casey Hart said that he does not expect Harvard to issue an apology similar to that of Dartmouth?...
...well as frequently comment that they are “‘quiet/shy” and “hard workers.” Without evidence to substantiate these generalizations, these comments smack of a self-fulfilling stereotype: Admissions officers expect Asian applicants to have such qualities, and therefore see these in them more so than they would in a non-Asian applicant. Besides the intrinsically problematic nature of such generalizations, since when did shy, quiet, and hardworking somehow become “below average personal qualities...
...right-wing Muslim group in Istanbul on Sunday, as well as an incident last week when dozens of protesters invaded the Sophia Hague, a former Orthodox Church due to be visited by the pontiff. Vatican officials say they trust the Turkish authorities to protect Pope Benedict, though all expect at least some form of public dissent. Sometimes, the choice of ground transportation can say as much about a papal trip as the homilies and handshakes. On his first four voyages, Benedict was able to wave to the passing crowds from his plexiglass-covered white Popemobile. In Turkey, he is expected...