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...last weekend’s women’s water polo game against Brown, for example, a hardy crew of fans exemplified this ideal at Blodgett Pool. They gathered—much like their anti-authoritarian brethren in Puerto Rico—to paint the phrase “I Heart MOLLY” across their bare chests...
...today’s Harvard education lacks a “common thread” that guided it in centuries past. Lewis, who is the McKay professor of computer science and a Harvard College professor, noted that Harvard is not the only university moving away from the ideal of a liberal education, but he faulted the institution’s leadership for not resisting the current trends in higher education, such as the modern consumer culture and the growing costs of universities. “Harvard, as the best of them all, can push back most easily. But the forces...
House: Matthews Concentration: History and History of Art and Architecture Hometown: Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. Ideal Date: Lamont sleepover with Sam Teller. Best way for a guy to get your attention: A megaphone—I’m deaf in my right ear. Seriously, it’s true. Where to find you on a Saturday night: With a chocolate milkshake. First thing you notice about a guy: Swagger. Freshman boys or senior men?: Senior boys. Your best pick-up line: Excuse me, does this smell like chloroform to you? Best or worst lie you’ve ever told...
...before the Bush Administration started its war has at last come true: a country that the dictator Saddam held together with a brutal, tight grip is spinning out of control. People unaccustomed to democracy and split by long-lasting rivalries are unlikely to seek peaceful coexistence. Maybe the American ideal of a national melting pot enticed the Bush Administration into irresponsibly simplifying the complicated situation in Iraq. Hans Gerbig Gersthofen, Germany The choice in Iraq seems increasingly to be between imposing a police state or unleashing a civil war. Given the fractured history of the country and the divided makeup...
...National ambivalence about the new global order can be seen most clearly in France. In his first speech to the National Assembly last year after becoming French Prime Minister, Dominique de Villepin said, "Globalization is not an ideal; it cannot be our destiny." In the last few months, de Villepin has championed a policy of economic patriotism, putting in place a takeover law that gives the government a veto on deals in 11 sectors of the economy deemed to be strategic. They include biotechnology, arms manufacturing and casinos. But de Villepin's boss, President Jacques Chirac, blustered last week that...