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...next level of cross-school integration would be when the Business School gets a football team,” Kirby said, in jest. “There are some areas—intercollegiate sports being one of them—where I think the FAS is safe in its monopoly...
...mock the sensibilities of Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, the Beach Boys, and Broadway musicals without sacrificing any part of his characteristic wit. Keeping in mind what they say about imitation and flattery, however, Green’s irreverence can only goes so far. He mimics these styles in jest but also, just slightly, in earnest. Adam Green can pretty much do it all, and on “Sixes & Sevens,” he proves it. His heterogeneous musical stylings are replete with tinges of influence from a broad pool of influences. But while this can lend to a broader...
Although partly in jest, Gladwell’s argument is emblematic of a rising public backlash against the Ivy League. With the most recent admissions acceptance rate at a daunting 7.1 percent, it is now, more than ever, clear that a high GPA and strong standardized test scores alone cannot guarantee a place at Harvard. As the admissions game becomes harder and harder to win, many high schools are advising students to dismiss unhealthy infatuations with the Ivy League. The criticisms are not only on the student side: A recent article in BusinessWeek berated the Ivies for using their stratospheric...
...column in The Campus Fress—the University of Colorado at Boulder’s online news source—calling readers to attack the souls of Asians and threatening to hogtie Asian students in his apartment. The content of this column was obviously appalling. Although made in jest, threats against a particular ethnic group are never funny. But more curious is this: How can a column like this, entitled, “If it’s war the Asians want…” get published in a college weekly? [See correction below...
...agreed to a phone interview with TIME, a member of another one of his frequent targets, the mainstream media. Afterward, Limbaugh went on the air and told his 13 million listeners about the conversation. "Yes, I am talking to the enemy," he said in his signature bellow (partly in jest, or so it sounded). "Just call me McCain today ... I'm reaching across the aisle here and I'm talking to the enemy, that's right. But I'm not going to agree with them, like McCain does." Here is a transcript of the interview...