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...Christians fail to realize when they advocate for the exclusion of non-Christians from the celebration of Christmas is that while Christmas may mean one thing to those who celebrate it in the religious sense, it means something else entirely to those others who are seen as trying to horn in and take holiday cheer that isn’t rightfully theirs. Thanks to the tendency of American society to pick up on cultural traditions and then disseminate them for public consumption, it’s almost inconceivable that any group could expect to keep anything strictly for themselves. After...
...college radio music label. Wong, an Economics concentrator in Quincy House, has dabbled in different extracurricular pursuits in his Harvard career, with stints on the sailing team, the Harvard College Economics Review, and the crew team. This year he is in the Harvard-Radcliffe Kendo Club and plays French horn in the Harvard University Band, although he jokes that “‘play” is a euphemism.” The former Social Studies concentrator still lapses into moments of social theorizing when he talks about his UC campaign.“The ideal government would...
Istanbul's Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, a complex of 17th century buildings off the shores of the Golden Horn, may be spiritual home to some 300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide, but daily mass here is a decidedly lonesome affair. Only a handful of worshipers, all visiting tourists, fill the ancient oak pews of the Church of St. George. The priests, robed in black, outnumber the faithful...
...start sooner or later,” he said. Despite anti-consumption efforts and attempts to direct the shopping traffic online, the crowd of shoppers in Harvard Square went from store to store to find gifts for loved ones. “I want to give daddy a black horn necklace,” said Caroline Clanton, an 11-year-old visitor from the Jersey shore, who said she wanted to go out on Black Friday ever since she found out about it. She had been unsuccessful in her efforts to find one as of Friday evening, but said...
...other countries. Imposing economic sanctions on Kim's dictatorial regime would do even more damage. History has proved that such economic sanctions would bring more suffering to the broad population of the country, while the ruthless tyrant, his army generals and his close Communist Party buddies would enjoy the horn of plenty as usual. It is time for the Bush Administration to eat humble pie after this failure and use diplomacy rather than threatening language. Syed Rashid Ali Shah Vroomshoop, the Netherlands...