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...around since the beginning of civilization, but only in the present era have they been so lavishly rewarded for their bad behavior. Mark Stuart Ellison New York City As readers we often find ourselves investing significant amounts of emotional energy in the characters who inhabit our favorite books. We expect an author to ensure that our heroes and villains remain true to themselves. In this way, we feel empathy for them. Imagine our sense of betrayal if we found out at the end of Moby Dick that Captain Ahab had lost his leg in a riding accident rather than...
...would expect the sex scenes to be particularly great in a romance novel. However, “Sex” is a curious mix of shy and yet lurid descriptions of the subject, like a teenager excited by strange fantasies but too awkward to express himself properly...
Belligerence, hyperbole, gracelessness, flamboyance, and uninformed rhetoric. I expect this from other, more traditionally “martyr complex” groups on campus, like members of the BGLTSA (Harvard’s Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters Alliance) or the Harvard College Democrats for example. Instead, their collective mantle seems to have been passed down to the Republicans. And if W’s election is any indication, conservatives at Harvard are, sadly, destined to have a bad name...
...wireless zones, it is important that cities not allow private telecommunications companies to dissuade them from implementing free or low-price Internet access. Private Internet providers should not work against cities as municipal government tries to further the best interests of its residents. We don’t exactly expect wireless to enhance the local social scene, but free wireless will guarantee at least one thing: Cambridge will always be a hotspot...
...majority of Americans, especially in the post 9/11 atmosphere, this stance is an unpatriotic betrayal of Harvard’s civic duty. As government lawyers argued before the Supreme Court, the country has the right to expect that the military will have access to the nation’s best and brightest young people. To many, even moderates who dislike the DADT policy, it seems that gay rights are being over-prioritized at the expense of the national interest...