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...paternalistic concern for people’s health and safety. I truly believe that everyone—but especially wound-up, self-important Harvard students—could benefit from getting high once in a while. While alcohol is boorish and mindless, marijuana is intellectually stimulating, relaxing, and mellow. Alcohol is fun because it makes us less aware of what’s going on, and thus less inhibited, while marijuana makes us hyper-alert, perceptive, and thoughtful. Alcohol is a fantastic social lubricant, but there is nothing particularly enlightening about it. Marijuana, on the other hand, allows...
AFTER BOTCHING A LANDING IN his first qualifying run at the Winter Olympics in Torino, Shaun White, a shaggy-haired, usually mellow snowboarder, nicknamed the "Flying Tomato" for his red mane, looked lost. "I got all Olympicky," he said of his nerves. He eased his mind with a few practice runs and nailed two 1080s--a 1080 is three complete rotations in the air--in the finals to earn gold...
...vintage laser Pink Floyd show. The planetarium was an appropriate venue given the title of the band’s new album, “Ganging Up on the Sun,” which features the single “Satellite.” Having vacillated between the mellow late-’90s rock of Third Eye Blind and Dashboard Confessional and the New England pseudo-funk of college jam bands such as Dispatch and O.A.R., Guster claim to present a more definitive sound with their latest offering, despite the admittedly unoriginal title of “Satellite...
...spinach sautéed with olive oil, garlic, and salt—which normally adorn the b.good burger and the Venetian veggie burger. “It’s really slimy.” In the 15 minutes before 7 p.m., the restaurant transformed itself from a mellow Cambridge burger joint into a competitive arena filled with cheering fans and music. B.good distributed free burgers during the hourlong contest. With the likes of “Heartbreak Heidi” (Heidi E. Kim ’09), “The Ching Chow Constrictor...
Plush, comfortable couches and fluffy floor cushions. A tastefully mellow color scheme. On the television, that feminist-lite icon of the 1990s, “Sabrina the Teenage Witch.”Welcome to the Harvard College Women’s Center, whose current offerings—free photocopying for student organizations and free coffee—complement the mild and pleasant decor. Indeed, students of all persuasions enjoy the comfortable atmosphere.Rafael A.P. Miranda ’09 goes to the Center every Friday to work on organic chemistry problem sets, unfazed by its gendered name...