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...That the media is a harsh mistress is taken for granted in the real world: When presented with a picture of Bill Clinton, many people think of cigars, not healthcare. But very rarely does the media mention the names of non-public figures, particularly young people, in a non-positive light. This, of course, makes a negative reference all the more noticeable. There’s something saddening imbedded in the tarnishing of a young name. It’s strange when bad news has a face, and a nice friendly face at that; a face that I now have...
...day’s major events—a noon rally, a panel of speakers and a vigil—each lasted over an hour and drew large crowds. Your coverage April 20 simply did not discuss the most significant events of the protests, but instead chose to mention only a small action by students who happen to agree with The Crimson’s position that the PSLM sit-in is inappropriate...
...have called this theory “groundless and false,” and this denial, by a member of the Harvard administration, was taken as a smoking gun that the theory must be true. The thesis was reaffirmed, again without evidence, but with a mention of my failure to provide evidence to refute it—as though there was some epistemological principle that a theory, once posited without foundation, remains true until someone goes to the trouble to produce data to falsify...
...stillness of Shavasana, the corpse pose (designed to quiet the mind), Leah broke into song. Classroom scuttlebutt is that she has been known to sing On a Clear Day, You Can See Forever, but I've only heard her sing verses from New Age-y folk tunes that mention planets spinning around the sun and the Earth Mother calling her children home...
When Zalaznick got her offending e-mail, she immediately hit REPLY, in order to make the guy panic. I, being more cowardly, just complained to my friends. And really, that was mostly so I could mention the fact that I had a television project. Plus, I was flummoxed by the politics. Confronting her might make her feel so guilty and uncomfortable she would avoid me and thus end our pretend-show business relationship. Or she might compensate by making the show because she felt bad for letting me find out that my script stinks. I was having trouble locating...