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...Treuer said. “A couple of years before, she was just a minor political figure you’d recognize while shopping at Costco.” Earlier this year, the Alaska Klub—whose main events are the Polar Bear Swim and Human Iditarod—deemed this year the “Year of Alaska” in honor of Palin. The group’s Facebook profile advertises an open forum—time and location to be announced—on Sarah Palin the “poorly known but very attractive governor...
...natural drama that a trial creates quickens the pace of the film and awakens the audience’s interest. However, even in the courtroom, Kearns’ metaphors are somewhat heavy-handed, and he beats to death the film’s theme of the individuality of human invention. Without the overemphasized morality of Kearns’s struggle, “Flash of Genius” might have been a trite but heart-warming tale of one man’s success against all odds. However, because of the film’s botched attempt at gravity...
...nearly 3 million years of human history, saving and investment was a dumb idea. We hunted, we gathered, we consumed, and we moved on to greener pastures. Only when migrating tribes learned to settle down and farm did they need to save and plan, storing seeds and surpluses to tide them over from season to season. We've had 10,000 years to absorb the truth that cultures that don't value THRIFT ultimately flame out and die. Apparently that isn't long enough to learn the lesson...
Raúl A. Carrillo ‘10 is a social studies concentrator in Lowell House. His column “Brave New World” will explore globalization, world affairs, and the future of human society on alternate Fridays...
Steven T. Cupps ’09 is a Lowellian concentrating in human evolutionary biology. In his column “Cupps Runneth Over,” he will explore the campus, the nation, and the world with a splash of wit, a drop of wisdom, and a shot straight-up of common sense on alternate Thursdays...