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Richard Lee and Alan Wirzbicki in their lampoon of Eddy Dominguez's "calls for major structural reform" on the council are right in claiming that "this isn't Iran" (Crimson Wisdom, Dec. 8). Indeed "this" is a place where "calls for structural reform" can be heard in the spirit of healthy democratic debate whereas the voice of political opposition within the Islamic Republic of Iran is muted by a complete disregard for human and political rights as we know them in the United States...
...prime example is the recent hack of the Harvard Lampoon's Web site by a Columbia University Marching Band member. No real permanent damage was done to the server on which the Lampoon's Web page resides, and the student's main goal was simply to play a joke on the Lampoon...
...Harvard, we are surrounded with institutions and the temptations of the glorious public recognition they provide. While at the College, we are asked to comp the exclusive Lampoon and Advocate, we are punched for final clubs or the Signet Society, and we are considered for official, titled roles in student organizations. In senior year, we are sought after by firms with names like Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan, we are recruited by professional schools like Stanford Law and Harvard Medical, and we are nominated for Rhodes and Marshall scholarships...
Specifically, Weisbard said he believes the Demon uses "lowbrow, sex-based humor" while the Lampoon is no longer widely read by the Harvard population...
...have 13 black cats, and the plan right now is to glue them to trees in the Yard, but I can't tell you where--that would ruin it," said Matthew J.T. Murray '99, the Lampoon president...