Word: jerseyan
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...love you like a mouse loves rice,” crooned Adam R. Miller ’07—in impeccable Mandarin—at the fourth annual Intercollegiate Karaoke Contest hosted by the Harvard Hong Kong Society (HHKS) Saturday night. Judges deemed the New Jerseyan Miller the “audience favorite” for his performance of “Mouse Loves Rice,” or “Lao Shu Ai Da Mi,” as he held his own against other contestants who were native speakers. “Now that...
...claim that a deeper understanding of Jerseyan culture would not benefit the Harvard community merely validates our club mission—this is the sort of ignorance we aim to combat. Just like any other cultural or ethnic organization, we simply want the community at large to gain a deeper appreciation of Jerseyan culture, as well as offer Harvard Jerseyans a chance to meet and help each other adapt to life outside the Garden State...
...cover," wrote a Colorado reader after experiencing a sense of deja vu. "For a minute there I thought we were back at the Clinton White House." "Your cover would have passed the bias test if it had substituted the Capitol building for the White House," suggested a New Jerseyan, "as both Democrats and Republicans were beneficiaries of Enron's greed." A Nebraskan pressed her charge more bluntly: "The article is about Enron, but the picture is of the White House. You're learning from the tabloids...
...Some of you were highly critical of our Person of the Year choice this year. A New Jerseyan charged TIME with "pandering to the majority of Americans who do not understand that being named Person of the Year was never meant to be an honor." "Sure," a man from New Delhi offered, "choosing Osama bin Laden would have provoked howls of outrage from an already indignant public, but your principles would have remained unquestioned." And as always happens, readers came up with their own ideas. A Massachusetts reader had an interesting suggestion: "A much better solution than your awkward attempt...
...Let’s start at the beginning: the Yankees. Now, I am a lifelong New Jerseyan and Mets fan, and I dislike the Yankees as much as any healthy American should. But there is simply no need for thousands of people to start chanting “Yankees suck!” when the Red Sox are losing 10-3 in the top of the sixth inning to the Oakland Athletics. Poor A’s—they fly across the entire freaking country to play in legendary Fenway Park, and the Boston fans don?...