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...decline, the question of the role of museums in preserving the artifacts of the past for societies present and future looms large. Perhaps no man struggles more with such questions than Harvard’s Cabot Director of the Harvard University Art Museums, James Cuno. Originally a football jock with no interest in art, he changed course and in 1985 received a Ph.D. in Art History from Harvard, and has been the Director of its museums since 1991. Harvard itself has come under fire for its plans to expand its museums into Allston despite the outcries of local residents...
...freedom of shedding off the labels that once defined us—valedictorian, snob, goody-goody, nerd—the ability to start with a clean slate is liberating. Freshman year is a veritable free-for-all, the time to be whoever we always wanted to be, whether socialite, jock, girlfriend or scholar...
...what unfortunate gov. jock can forget that last year, in an attempt to ensure that most students earned Bs, “C-minus” bound his government sophomore tutorial to an adjusted grading scale. What déja vu then when this year, in an attempt to ensure that most students earn Bs, the ECP recommends binding students to a newly adjusted grading scale...
While the band makes some damn fine music, the predominantly BC jock crowd—dragging BC girls in small shirts and tight pants behind them—concentrates on finding a late-night mate. Still, waitress service makes getting a drink quicker and easier than it ever was at the Grille and $1 drafts on Wednesday nights make the price right...
...compare Harvard athletes with their counterparts at “jock schools” is erroneous. Unlike their athletic brethren at “big-time jock factories,” Harvard athletes make a conscious choice to forego “alumni freebies,” athletic scholarships and hero worshipping students for the right to gain a decent education and the opportunity to passionately compete in sports...