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In order to avoid working on his senior thesis on the philosophical foundations of punishment in modern democratic theory, Jesse M. Furman '94 says he allowed the Tonya Harding-Nancy Kerrigan skating drama to captivate his attention.
Harding has taken on a near-demonic aspect in the eyes of America since the attack on Kerrigan, and justifiably so. Now she represents not only tackiness in skating outfits, but all that is evil in the world.
Still, after all of this scandal and all of this national attention, the anticlimactic result is inevitable: both Harding and Kerrigan will do terribly at Hamar. Being at the center of the mass media menagerie can't help but take its toll on one's psychological state.
And who will walk away with the coveted gold medal? Oksana Baiul of the Ukraine? Surya of France? Or some other skater of similar ability? We must also acknowledge the possibility that the Clockemas County investigators might dig up enough evidence to indict Harding before she skates. The law could...
Regardless of the results, the Harding-Kerrigan showdown will make for a great program. This operatic confrontation between good and evil is the stuff that fairy tales are made of.