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...surest way to end up burned by reality is to churlishly refuse its existence. If students expect everything, the ultimate failure to receive it is a bitter disillusion—a disillusion which ought to have been expected, but no less bitter because of its predictability. In their rush to secure affirmation of their own aggrandized images of Harvard, the Class of 2012—like so many classes before them—seems have forgotten this reality. Only now, more than ever, this forgetting happens collectively, in real time and in a vast electronic echo chamber of delusion...
...space for undergraduates, because he—unlike the typical College student—is a paid College employee. Unfortunately, the official backing of the College is accompanied by a certain restriction upon the type of events the fun czar is allowed to plan. It would be ridiculous to expect Harvard College to plan or endorse an event that facilitates—or even tacitly condones—many of the illegal activities (namely drinking) that characterize students’ ideal weekend night. Undergraduates will have to get used to the fact that they need to provide their own opportunities...
...head), a Spears-less video was probably the only choice her record company had. But compared to her previous videos, “Break the Ice” is disappointing, and the “to be continued…” at the end suggests we can expect only more of the same. —Victoria D. Sung
...some ways, Karl Rove is a polarizing figure,” he said. “I hope and expect that the discussion will be respectful on both sides...
...also saw their hopes of a rapid road to NATO dashed. Both countries had sought entry into the Alliance's Membership Action Plan (MAP), the gateway to NATO membership. Instead they too will have to wait. NATO foreign ministers meeting next December will review their applications, but few observers expect that to yield much progress towards MAP even though ministers theoretically have the power to give the green light. The blockage, of course, stems from Russia, which has forcefully opposed its neighbors' NATO ambitions, however resolutely they've been supported by U.S. President George Bush. "I have always told Vladimir...