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...reruns of “The Simpsons” while analyzing Shakespeare. He wrote existentialist poetry, listened to the Grateful Dead, and taught me to skateboard during our lunch hour. I managed to keep this crush in class by tutoring him before exam period and taking extra notes in math, a positive influence that only went so far: a physics teacher soon caught him shooting construction workers with a B.B. gun and his spring break became a permanent vacation. I tried to shrug it off, directing my attention to the math team and the Spanish club instead.But a hunky, post...
...collection atones for some of these missteps with the inclusion of two fascinating sculptures, the first being Thomas Lenk’s “Stratification 21a.” The title may sound more like a math class than a work of art, but the piece has an appeal that transcends mere mathematical experimentation. Lenk has created a vertically arranged “toppled domino” effect of black squares that twist back behind themselves, creating the most literal manifestation of the exhibit’s title...
...order a Caramel Macchiato. HAP-Q: 999.9 (Highly available—they will marry you and subsequently have homosexual affairs).These three types are merely the most glaring forms of metrosexuality on the Harvard campus. Indeed, almost every Harvard male has incorporated some of the aesthetic. Even some math majors have foregone their Zelda t-shirts and flood pants and embraced the niceties of a crisp white oxford and leather satchels.As a fashion columnist (really, the highest form of modern anthropologist), I regard metrosexuality with mixed feelings. Of course, in many ways it’s a sign of societal...
...second piece of fuzzy math that wage increase opponents get away with is the tendency to compare Harvard’s workers to a national average. Boston isn’t America. It’s one of the most expensive places on God’s earth, and wages just don’t go as far here. Harvard workers may make more than low-wage workers in New Orleans, but attempts to make Harvard workers seem like a mop-wielding gentry miss the mark. Harvard workers have benefited from past battles, but their wage level, in a city...
Opponents of the living wage have used an interesting collection of bogus statistics to make it seem like Harvard workers are living lives of luxury. The most common kind of fuzzy math makes two fairly ridiculous assumptions. First, it assumes that Harvard workers are in families with two wage earners working full time. This ignores the fact that many Harvard employees can’t work 40 hours per week. Harvard won’t let them. But even ignoring the exact statistics, it’s worth pointing out that this assumption suggests a moral framework that I would...