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According to Andrew Z. Michaelson, a third-year law student who is the spokesperson of Catalyst, a student reform group, many students supported the three-tier proposal because it would eradicate a perceived arbitrariness in grading...
...Rebecca J. Mandell Jennifer L. Marder Barbara E. Martinez Heather Mason Sean M. Mason Chiqui O. Matthew Kate McCarthy Shearwood McClelland Alexandra J. McCormack Kaitlin S. McGaw Terrence P. McGovern A. Fiona McKinnon Luke P. McLoughlin Terrence M. McNeil Anna Medvedovsky Kimberly L. Megdanis Edward C. Meyer Jonathan M. Michaelson Tricia M. Michels Brina Milikowsky Bhakti V. Mirchandani Erica L. Mitnick Carlos A. Monje Catrin E. Moran Elisabeth J. Moriarty-Ambrozaitis Sung Hee Moon Caitrin E. Moran Garrett B. Moritz Nora B. Morrison Kathryn A. Moynihan Paul R. Mrockowski Douglas S. Muller Angela M. Munoz Alyssa B. Murphy Carlye...
...show. To some extent, BASIC's noble agenda and slightly less commodifying focus quiet those who ardently protest on the grounds that an auction is degrading. Still, the question of model selection precludes unconditional support from the first-year class. When asked how "Harvard's Hottest" were actually chosen, Michaelson replied that, "while the fundraising committee initially looked in the freshman facebook, most of the people were people we knew or that our friends knew. Like Gerard Hammond, the cheerleader, we thought he would play to the crowd." Smith adds that the group was looking for people that would...
...rampant criticism, Smith claims that "it's not really Harvard's hottest...that's just a catch phrase. It's about raising money for a service organization and having fun. I was even against the auction idea at first but you can't take yourself too seriously." Also, Michaelson expresses that part of the selection was about simple diversity. "It's not like we have quotas but we didn't want just blond hair and blue eyes." While the premises of this event still remain questionable, BASIC demonstrated an impressive sensitivity to varying standards of beauty...
...freshmen who were dissecting and analyzing "Harvard's Hottest" from the get go, just relax. Stop being so Harvard. The verdict: "Harvard's Hottest" was for a good cause. The turn-out in Lowell Lecture Hall suggests that Smith and Michaelson were simply feeding into a culture consumed by appearance and money. Does this absolve them? Take it to Annenberg...