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...media theory and it gets worse. “Television is set up with no motive more sinister than to appeal to the largest possible audience—pretty people tend to be more appealing to look at than non-pretty people,” says David Foster Wallace, in a book entitled A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again (we know: watch television). This explains the “Extra” commentator with the six-pack abs who taunts my body image for 44 minutes at a shot. We can try to remind ourselves...

Author: By Arianne R. Cohen, | Title: Must-Flee TV | 11/18/2002 | See Source »

Student leaders say part of the dilemma stems from the fact that at a vast institution like Harvard, students expect identity groups to foster a sense of community—one built largely through social ties...

Author: By Amelia E. Lester and Sarah M. Seltzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Students Use Groups To Find Their Niche | 11/7/2002 | See Source »

...first of two symposia designed to foster discussion on the first widescale review of Harvard’s curriculum since the 1974, Dean of Undergraduate Benedict H. Gross ’71 will preside over a panel addressing the traditional arguments for and against the Core...

Author: By Jessica E. Vascellaro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Reinventing Harvard’s Core Curriculum | 11/6/2002 | See Source »

...Crimson race for the Glenn S. Foster Trophy and the Jane Lutz Trophy next weekend at the 2002-2003 Men’s and Women’s Singlehanded North Americans, hosted by Houston Yacht Club...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sailing Twice Triumphant | 11/5/2002 | See Source »

...Austria are still a minority in Romania but if all goes as planned, over the next few years they will take care of many more children. The task involves closing down more than 160 large institutions housing 28,000 kids and replacing them with family-type alternatives, ranging from foster care to small-scale homes. Money for such reforms, as always, is scarce in one of Europe's poorest countries. But critics of Romania's child-care system agree that the current Social Democrat government is off to a good start. "After 10 or 11 years of relative stagnation, things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Young Folks at Home | 11/3/2002 | See Source »

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