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Though odds are against him, there is a glimmer of hope in the person of Rene Preval. The 53-year-old Belgian-educated businessman comes to office burdened with a reputation as a hard-left radical but seems to approach the job with realism. He could not be more unlike the ethereal Aristide: practical, plainspoken, decisive. "I know we must translate democracy into improvements in everyday life," he told TIME shortly before his inauguration...
Whether we participate in the Datamatch survey just for the amusement value, or for the glimmer of hope of finding the perfect match, there is something exciting about the silliness of filling out a quick little survey and offering yourself up to fate. On a campus that is known to be less than conducive to coupling, let's thank the council for helping us to cherish the one week of the year when we won't need to wait for Thursday night at the Grille to exalt in random romance...
Whether that single glimmer of passion is worth trudging through fifteen minutes of auditory rice pudding is debatable. At four tracks each, the cost-benefit ratio of both EPs may be too high for all but the most die-hard obsessives -- who probably already own both of them. Since two songs from each EP are slated to be on the soon-to-be-released full-length album Milk and Kisses, the best bet is probably to wait until then...
Unfortunately, even this glimmer of hope dissolves after a few moments of analysis. Libertarian "movements" like Mass-Can represent not the activism, but rather the pseudo-politicization of college students. Their empty promises of "self-realization" lead not to an emancipatory politics, but rather only to more consumerist frustrations. They represent the conservatism of frivolity--the betrayal of political commitment for the isolation of individualism...
...when facing similarly recalcitrant questions and doubts, implores us, cheers us on, raises us higher, and guides us by showing us facts among appearances. Maybe, there might still be more to do. A whole lot more to do. We owe it to ourselves to find out. For even the glimmer of that possibility must be seized, seized with a relentless ferocity and a blazing fury...