Word: finalities
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...come as a surprise, then, that my final column is full of good news. I set out to look back over the last four years and judge whether Harvard had gotten better or worse in my time here. To my surprise, the more I thought about it, the more I realized that Harvard is in fact better than it was in September 1995--substantially better in many ways, with one large exception...
Social life. Harvard has not built a "real" student center, the final clubs remain the site of much of the party action and the presence of fraternities and sororities has slowly begun to expand. Still, the growth of extracurricular organizations and the post-randomization era of house life has meant a wider array of weekend offerings. The decision by many final clubs to shut their doors to non-members also bodes well for the further democratization of Harvard's social scene. Verdict: Better to even...
...poorly. Nonetheless, in a world where things are always rapidly changing, and often not for the better, it feels good to leave here knowing that the College is moving in the right direction. Geoffrey C. Upton '99 is a social studies concentrator in Leverett House. This is his final column...
Nature can be so inspiring. While skiing in Aspen, Colo., last year, actor WILL SMITH and director Paul Hunter contemplated the surrounding mountains and realized the music video for Smith's forthcoming film Wild Wild West had to be big. As it turns out, big was an understatement. The final product is seven minutes long, and features 40 dancers, action sequences scored by a 50-piece orchestra and cameos by Stevie Wonder, Babyface, Enrique Iglesias and a group of tarantulas imported from Africa. "I've been working on this since December and sleeping in the editing bay the past three...
FASHION: THE FINAL FRONTIER When Isabella Rossellini launched her makeup line last week, she used a model (1) with braces. Chase Manhattan Bank also braced itself in an ad (2), as have hot British lasses Shaznay Lewis of the band All Saints (3) and model Cordelia Oakes-Ash (4). It's all in how you wear them...