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...Virginia dynasty. He embodied the Western future of the country, just as Obama does our multiracial future. An unprecedented number of Americans trekked to see him take the oath of office. His Inaugural was a massive party at the White House, one that got so out of hand that Jackson was forced to lodge elsewhere...
...Economics Humor Session is the AEA conference's first attempt to inject a little levity into an annual confab that noneconomists might charitably describe as dry. "You can count on one hand all the funny economists in the world," says R. Preston McAfee, a California Institute of Technology economics professor and Yahoo! research fellow who presided over the evening. But despite their rarity, some of these academics have attracted wide followings--admittedly, among those who can laugh at supply-demand curves. Yoram Bauman, a professor at the University of Washington, bills himself as the World's First and Only Stand...
...dancing. Each day, I accompanied Monika on her daily routine: walking to collect water, gathering firewood, and cooking for the family. Though Monika could not have been more than 14 years old, she was a woman, and perfectly capable of her responsibilities, which included me. I, on the other hand, at 20 years old, was considered to be merely a child. In Maasai culture, boys and girls are not considered adults until they have gone through the appropriate procedures of circumcision. Once circumcised, everything in their lives changes. Villagers knew that Monika was a woman simply because of the words...
...fifth and final year of studies and spent much of her time working in a battered women’s shelter. Our exchange was cut short by the professor’s arrival, and I sighed in relief because my pathetic hand-rolled cigarette had gone out and I wasn’t about to ask for the lighter again. My relief was brief. I embarked on the first of many biweekly white-knuckle rides, in which my alarmingly Zach Braff-esque professor managed to make his lectures sound like a single ninety-minute long Spanish word.Fast-forward...
...sometimes when we don’t even mean to!), so we’re ready to come in strong.The Harvard Lampoon: On second thought…we’d like to withdraw our application; people actually like our jokes. However, if you’re willing to hand over the keys to the castle, we can talk.College Boxes: We thought this was an opportunity to write a screenplay for a pornographic film, but it actually was just an inept storage company.Freeze College Magazine: Dear FCM, we’re sorry about the mix-up. That application was supposed...