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...explanations for the socio-political disasters of the past and takes a faithfully journalistic approach to exposing capitalism gone corrupt. Volpi asks some ambitious questions, but he does not answer them or even presume to–one wonders why he curtailed his analysis and commentary at this cursory level. While this hefty book disappoints in the context of its wandering, subpar storytelling, Volpi’s prolific ideas and occasional bent for powerful language should not preclude him from meeting more success with his next attempt.—Staff writerMonica S. Liu can be reached at msliu@fas.harvard.edu...
Construction crews at the Allston Science Complex have dismantled the site’s iconic red cranes and begun to pour ground-level concrete—steps that the University says are part of normal phase one construction, but that some residents say are indicative of a veiled intent to cap the project. The confusion comes half a year after Harvard announced that financial constraints were forcing it to slow construction of the much-anticipated Science Complex, which was intended to house the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and be a hub for interdisciplinary research. At the time, Harvard decided...
...bikini and the words, “Lose the Blubber; Go Vegetarian.” I’m glad to see that PETA has now been able to not only publicly humiliate fat people into becoming vegetarians, but also to really take their objectifying sexism to the next level. Not to mention, the whole advertisement doesn’t really make logical sense. Together with this kind of degradation of women and whales, PETA has also begun creating it’s own viral videos. One of these, posted on FunnyorDie.com, is an interview starring Andy Dick...
...private equity and real estate holdings even after stock markets began to rebound this spring. The unexpected additional fall in the endowment will lead to a 6.7 percent decrease in endowment payout this year and another 13 percent in fiscal year 2011. The payout will then remain at this level for the next few years, according to Levin’s statement. To close a projected $150 million annual budget deficit from fiscal year 2011 to fiscal year 2014, Yale unveiled a series of budget-slashing measures similar to those that Harvard has announced over the past year, running...
...just understand that there is a level of lawlessness; there is a level of lawlessness here in the United States. It shocks me every day that there are shootings even in my neighborhood in Lexington County." -Disagreeing about violence in Iraq with South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, who said the country was "on the verge of chaos." (the State (Columbia...