Word: helling
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...Arts A-86: “American Protest Literature from Tom Paine to Tupac.” People at Harvard do a lot of talk, talk, talking about the need for activism. Travis R. Kavulla ’06-’07, a self-described “hell-raiser,” is actually doing something about...
Since childhood, Constantine has been able to recognize the ghoulish “half-breeds” who, as hybrid demon-human creatures, can cross the border between heaven and hell and upset “the balance” between God and Satan’s bids for human souls. Young Constantine’s terrifying visions classify him as a psychotic, and as result of the trauma of his visions and equally horrific “therapy,” he commits suicide...
Pantano is not a typical Marine. He was born in New York City and grew up in Hell's Kitchen, then a rough part of town. "You could usually see crack vials lying on the sidewalk," he recalls. High school took him to a very different part of the city. Thanks to financial aid, he attended Horace Mann School in Riverdale, N.Y., a place better known for socialites than for soldiers. Pantano signed up in advance for the Marine Corps. He wanted to make sure he was accepted for the infantry, not assigned some desk job because of his education...
...eight months. Pantano recalls watching a convoy of Marine humvees pass his platoon. "We wave, then realize something is wrong. Tires and windows were shot out, blood was seeping through, out the bottoms of the humvees. Ten humvees had busted out of a kill zone but were shot to hell. There was one KIA, and nearly everyone else was wounded one way or another." Officers interviewed by TIME say that as the emphasis shifted from peacekeeping to combat, commanders issued new rules of engagement that gave the Marines much more latitude in deciding when to use deadly force...
...year? It seems to me that if we really wanted to make a statement, we would boycott Harvard entirely, not just the class gift. That’s right: don’t go to class, barricade administrative buildings, disrupt the operations of the University, and sure as hell don’t sign away any more of your money to a Corporation that supports genocide. If we want to put our money where our mouth is, let’s do it with something that counts: our tuition...