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Penning books in the humor category seems fitting because Rich, as the statement takes care to mention, is the president of the Harvard Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine...
...Advocate has had T.S. Eliot, Theodore Roosevelt, and Norman Mailer. The Crimson has had FDR, JFK, Caspar Weinberger, etc. The Lampoon has had John Updike and even Elmer the Custodian. Past Presidents and Editors of the Yearbook include names such as George Feeney, Edward Kenyon, Roxane Harvey, Lee Smith, and Ken Meister—significant in their own right but not particularly etched in Harvard lore,” an excerpt from the yearbook’s website reads...
...White House official tells TIME that the 17-minute speech, which delayed fare like ?Desperate Housewives? and ?National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation,? was partly aimed at convincing skeptics and critics to give Bush another chance to make his case. With those audiences in mind, the address was laced with notes of contrition and humility, both of them unusual for a White House that rarely admits errors or gives quarter to its opponents. This time, Bush spoke directly to ?those of you who did not support my decision to send troops to Iraq...
...semantic debate is an arena in which it’s easy to lampoon the fundamental concerns of the queer community, a community where verbal, physical, and sexual assault are not uncommon and frequently go unreported. We can debate words and make fun of pronouns, but there’s no real reason why we can’t respect each individual’s right to define gender and sexuality. It doesn’t hurt anyone, and it’s literally a matter of life and death for some students. The semantic debate is important...
...come into play,” he said. The $3 million project is Phase One of a larger three-phase project whose ultimate goal is “to make the public spaces as inviting and accessible as possible,” DiGiovanni said. Church Street, Winthrop Street, and Lampoon Plaza are among the areas scheduled to be renovated. Although DiGiovanni predicts that a “manageable goal” is to have Phase One begin and end in 2006, he could not predict when the whole project would be completed. While sidewalks, bus stops, and pedestrian safety...