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...others, not judging solely by aspiration, but by the degree to which you and others have failed...There is a big push when you’re young to become yourself, and then you realize that no matter what you’ve done, you’re mortal and unsuccessful. That unites you to the sorrows and predicaments of others...

Author: By Benjana Guraziu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hey, Professor! | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

...Both teams consider the other their most mortal rival,” head coach Erik Farrar said. “It’s an old long-standing rivalry—it’s like Harvard and Yale with football...

Author: By Molly E. Kelly, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: SPORTS BRIEF: Women's Water Polo Game Cancelled | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

...Those arguments - We're no worse than the rest of you! - effectively surrender claims to moral superiority, let alone divine direction. As a Catholic, I believe in the workings of divine grace, that in the end light defeats darkness; but as a reasoning human being, I know that no mortal institution has direct access to it. If the Holy Spirit guides cardinals when they choose a Pope, where is it when bishops are moving ordained rapists from parish to parish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking Up the Dr. Seuss School of Catholicism | 4/4/2010 | See Source »

We’ll leave the nuances of the rules to those students who will be spending the upcoming weeks in mortal peril, but here's the gist: the game starts off with one unidentified—and headbandless—Alpha Zombie. He or she started “killing” humans Monday with a two-hand touch, turning Kirklanders into zombies left and right...

Author: By Julie R. Barzilay, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kirkland Faces Zombie Infestation | 3/30/2010 | See Source »

...White Egrets” is aptly named; images of the splendid birds are scattered throughout the collection. In one instance, the birds become symbols of immortality as Walcott contemplates the inevitable mortality of himself and his friends. The birds, part of a natural cycle, return annually, seemingly unchanged, while the personalities around him disappear year by year: “Some friends, the few I have left / are dying, but the egrets stalk through the rain / as if nothing mortal can affect them, or they lift / like abrupt angels, sail, then settle again.” Elsewhere, he himself identifies...

Author: By Rachel A. Burns, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘White Egrets’ Wades Through Memory and Regret | 3/30/2010 | See Source »

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