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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Nevertheless, there are some stubborn souls who refuse to recognize the superiority of life on this detached continent. They try to deny their Quad affiliations by spending all their time beating inter-house dining restrictions and other such discriminatory legislation meant to exclude these poor uprooted souls. Isn't their equal treatment guaranteed by their universal human rights as Harvard students? Tired of fighting for what they are clearly entitled to, each year a sizable population of Quad affiliates applies for transfer visas in order to emigrate to the New World if River houses, where the streets are paved with...

Author: By Shara R. Kay, | Title: Abroad in the Quad | 3/25/1999 | See Source »

Professors have many excuses for their negligence. One professor interviewed by The Crimson said that he had meant to go to the recent meeting but had neglected to write down the date and subsequently forgot. Many of us have made similar mistakes pertaining to the due dates of response papers and have found that that excuse isn't particularly compelling. Some professors suggest that they are ignorant of the issues being discussed, and that they therefore feel uncomfortable making such weighty decisions. We suggest they get informed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Absentee Landlords | 3/23/1999 | See Source »

...suspect that may be due to the invention of his beloved Viagra--I'm sure it's all related. "Now all I have to do is adopt a highway," he said. "I've adopted a couple of twins. That's more expensive." I had no idea what he meant. But joking about twins seemed like a cool, International Playboy kind of thing, so I laughed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Back in the Swing | 3/22/1999 | See Source »

...later, in the gallery, that I found out what he meant. I had mistakenly thought, after seeing a de Kooning, a Dali and a Pollock in the greeting room, that the gallery would be a small museum. It turns out it's an endless hallway filled with pictures of Hef and his Playboy guests. Many of the recent shots were of young stars making the pilgrimage: Leo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Jim Carrey, Courtney Love. But in most of the new pictures, Hef is flanked by a pair of twins, Mandy and Sandy Bentley, who, I was told, "are his girlfriend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Back in the Swing | 3/22/1999 | See Source »

...much smaller Micro-Images site microimg.com/postcards/) I placed a World War II plane on a dark blue background, added a military marching song and e-mailed it to my brother. He loved it! It was so simple, I felt guilty. For someone who thought cheap-and-easy usually meant tacky, I've learned how far a little novelty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Online Greetings | 3/22/1999 | See Source »

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