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Before April 15, 1947, there was a famous saying about baseball: the grass is green, the dirt is brown and the players are white. Fifty years ago this week, a rookie first bagger for the Brooklyn Dodgers stepped into the batters box in Ebbets field and changed the face of the game forever. Acting Commissioner Bud Selig explained the significance of Jackie R. Robinson's act, saying that for most of its time baseball has believed in the principle that no player is above the game, except Jackie Robinson...
Just when the last heaps of snow were melting into little puddles and students were playing with frisbees and dogs in the Yard, barriers went up: white lines with poles that warn students to keep off the grass as it is reseeded and blue-green paint that some first-years have thought appeared to mask the lack of grass...
Although we at Dartboard acknowledge the need for the grass to grow, we are disappointed that there is never a time that students can enjoy the Yard except for the first week in the fall semester. Soon after, cold and snow drive frisbee-players and sun-bathers away. In the spring, the clothes-line-like fence keeps students off to make the grass perfect for Commencement. It is our belief that alumni would actually contribute more if they saw patchy grass and a shabbier yard, examples that Harvard really did need their money...
...this re-seeding really the right approach? The Harvard birds seem to enjoy a lion's share of the seeds. And although we see a few tendrils of grass grow from seeding, there are rumors that bundles of sod grass are brought in by moonlight after students leave and before Commencement...
...Democrats, including myself, are not up in arms about the fundraising issue. Of course, it bothers us. We donated a considerable amount of time to the campaign, and it is disheartening to know that it was not conducted as ethically at the top levels as it was at the grass-roots level. But at the same time, we also know that scandals can happen to anyone, Democrat or Republican. We also know that scandals can happen to anyone, Democrat or Republican. We knew this before we became active in the party. We believed then and continue to belive that politics...