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That statistic is mind-boggling. It illustrates both the technical expertise of Harvard fundraisers and, more important, the deep commitment of alums to the old Veritas. If it isn??t crystal clear now after the more than 300 years of the University’s existence, it should be: Harvard graduates are rich, and they like their alma mater. They’re even richer than University officials thought in the first place; witness the upping of the Campaign goal from $250 to 350 million...
...This isn??t just some paean to my antisocial tendencies, but rather a testament to something that I think one rarely gets at Harvard: a second to breathe, alone, out of the spotlight of the relentlessly demanding student body. We live in crowded dorm rooms, we eat in communal dining halls, we participate in extracurricular activities to an almost unfathomable degree, and, when we’re not doing all that, we’re in sections with other people arguing about Durkheim or extracting DNA from strawberries. There is a strange pressure...
...knowing it that I fled to the one extracurricular activity I could find that could sanction my desire to be alone with the worry-free stamp of institutional approval. I had to spend two hours every morning alone listening to records; it was my job. While I realize it isn??t the bravest thing to hide under the banner of required aloneness, there is still something to be said for required solitude, for time away from Facebook and final clubs, alone in a basement, listening to screeching saxophones and melancholy chords. So here I sit, playing jazz...
...have some complaints about the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), yet we also realize that without the FDA medicine might have been nothing but leeches and placebo–isn??t it time to take the same systematic approach to economic policies that are so central to our society...
...This isn??t going to be like walking on a pasture, it’s going to be like walking into a pasture,” said J.P. Licks founder Vince Petryk of the unorthodox plans for his new Mass. Avenue location. “They dry it and then it’s treated to be fire-proof. This is for all intents and purposes a grass-covered store....I don’t know if it’s going to look great or bad, but it’ll be different...