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...case. Even before the elimination of the program, most economics concentrators were blocked from the seminars due to the small number of spots. Therefore, the loss of the junior seminars is symptomatic of a larger problem with the department’s inability to educate its students in a manner comparable to the smaller concentrations...
Recently, a dining-hall manager in the Winthrop/Lowell House kitchen called two female workers lesbians, using the term in a derogatory manner to accuse them of talking to each other too much. This entirely unacceptable incident is, unfortunately, only one instance of a much larger trend of discrimination and intimidation at Harvard. Aside from the immediate implications for the individuals involved in this dining hall incident, the event has revealed how uncomfortable and intimidating the Harvard workplace has become for people who identify as minorities...
...creation of lunatics. When a home goes into foreclosure, it lowers the value of all the nearby homes. The sharp drop in home prices over the past two years has, as a root cause, the abandonment of properties, which adds to housing supply in a disorderly manner. After a foreclosure, a house is not sold based on economic logic but on the desire of banks to stay out of the business of owning residences. The National Association of Realtors said the average value of a home in the U.S. dropped 12% and that foreclosures were a root cause...
...necessary to enjoy the music that the band has crafted. In fact, to non-francophone ears, the French lyrics add a heightened sense of mystery and intrigue to the album. To the common American listener, the focus on the vocals is no longer their meaning, but rather the manner in which they are expressed. Singer Julien Mineau’s vocals range from the drawn out and mysterious chants of “Christobald,” creating a contrast with the up-tempo rhythms that bracket the song, to the wistful and smooth vocals of “Casablanca...
...there is no story as to how we met?” one of the lovers says, asking how the past will play a role in our experience of the present. Equally enticing are Smith’s descriptions of the implausible, written in such an honest and frank manner that one begins to believe that happening upon a curly-haired baby spewing obscenities or a fourteen year-old version of yourself are as routine as a couple discussing opera or a phone call to a sick friend. In “Writ,” Smith?...