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...with them: they’re depressed because there is something to them. The Greeks had it right. They held that the smartest of men had the tendency to become the most depressed. Melancholia, the Greek term for “black bile,” was said to foster pensively intellectual thinkers. And in history, so many great leaders have been depressive or unpleasant. Abraham Lincoln’s melancholia often led him to “weep in public and cite maudlin poetry”, according to Lincoln biographer Joshua Shenk ’93, also a Crimson...
...such security risk exists even now, for workers are already required to check in with building managers to obtain a key before entering dormitories. Such an argument, however, ignores the importance of having a general atmosphere of safety. A simple form of clear identification will certainly help to foster a feeling of security (and not a false one) for undergraduates within their dorms. This painless step should be taken immediately. There are no significant barriers that prevent such a policy from being enacted. Student safety must not be compromised...
...less than a month ago, a group of Special Concentration students gathered outside University Hall to protest the firing of longtime assistant dean Deborah Foster, whose responsibilities, she was told, would be subsumed by the new advising dean. Gross apologized to the students, saying he took “full responsibility” for what he called a “mistake,” and added that he would create a job in which she could retain a role in the direction of Special Concentrations and as a lecturer in Folklore and Mythology...
...decision, we must remember that the paramount issue in this whole debacle is the interests of the children whom the charity helps. In this case, the empirical facts are too compelling to ignore. It would be simply unjust to condemn these many children to the instability of foster homes because of a clash of values between the Church and state with, though vital, fewer tangible effects...
...Jodie Foster, 43, has been in show business since she was 3 years old. She has experienced the highs of fame (including two Oscars) and the lows (John Hinckley Jr. said he attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan to impress her). She talks to TIME's Belinda Luscombe about playing a baddie in her new film, Inside Man, how she gets all the guy roles and why she's not Tom Cruise...