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...began Ulysses in 1914; portions of it in progress appeared in the Egoist in England and the Little Review in the U.S., until the Post Office, on grounds of alleged obscenity, confiscated three issues containing Joyce's excerpts and fined the editors $100. The censorship flap only heightened curiosity about Joyce's forthcoming book. Even before Ulysses was published, critics were comparing Joyce's breakthroughs to those of Einstein and Freud...
...which will broaden the knowledge and character of each student in all the separate schools. The attempt by the Business School Alumni Association to buy the election by supporting their candidates is an indication of the need to promote ethics and mutual understanding in all groups in society. The flap caused by their indiscretion should serve as a lesson to the business community which as a whole dominates the Overseers. Alumni throughout the country are asking more of the Overseers. They see the need for a new and better Harvard. That is the challenge for the future. JOHN E. JACOBY...
Known nationwide as the bottom of the barrel when it comes to quality of life, student apathy and antipathy between administration and students (see the attendance policy revision flap), Harvard Law School (HLS) is not an institution prone toward making concessions to any students--its own or others. Hence, it is a pleasant surprise to find undergraduates welcomed, or at least tolerated, as we flock to the spacious Langdell Law Library...
...according to experts. When I was eight years old, I told everyone the new mud flap with the rhinestone on my Schwinn was the prize for winning the biking competition at the Knights of Columbus. I was humiliated when the fact checkers in my neighborhood found out I'd only collected the consolation prize for slow-riding. Chastened, I stuck close to reality until I was trying to account for some dead spots between college and law school, and law school and life. Rather than admit to traveling aimlessly around Europe, I put down that I was studying French...
Hong Kong Killer Chicken Flu Strikes! It's no joke: Scientists are in a flap about a deadly disease that may be passing from poultry to humans...