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Joyce K. McIntyre ’02, a former Crimson executive, is a history and literature concentrator in Kirkland House. “The ’Intyre Story” will dish all the dirt about the administrative squabbles, the ridiculous happenings, the needless bureaucracy, the maddening machinations, the silly student groups and the general insanity that is Harvard College. Readers should expect to be bombarded with juicy news tidbits about Harvard and clear, clever opinions on alternating Tuesdays...
...Needless to say, neither the Saudi intifada promotion nor Egypt's choice of pop star had head office approval, and the Abdel Rahim campaign was quickly dropped following protests by the American Jewish Committee. Still, they appeared to have been sound local business decisions in consumer markets where anti-U.S. anger had threatened McDonald's revenues. Mohammed Emam, marketing coordinator of the Saudi company that owns the local franchise told a Saudi newspaper, "We want to prove to people that even though McDonald's is an American franchise, it cares about the plight of the Palestinians...
...Needless to say, there are several problems with this logic. Most analysts agree that economic levels in the month of September point towards a recession. They argue that if we weren’t already in one by Sept. 11, the terrorist acts sealed our economic fates. Still, the optimistic economists are looking towards a turnaround to be sparked this holiday season, which will supposedly bring us back to the promised land of economic growth by mid February or March...
...budget is in the hands of Swift, we call on her to exercise the careful deliberation that the Legislature lacked. We implore her to make the difficult cuts wisely, being sure that worthwhile programs do not end up suffering while needless ones go untouched as the result of pork barrel legislative priorities. One such example is the attempt by lawmakers to quietly gut the budgets of the Office of the Inspector General and the State Ethics Commission and blame it on the recession. Swift should be able to see through these self-interested maneuvers, and work to fashion a budget...
...double album, the sum of Vaughan’s first Montreux performance and his triumphant return in 1985, represents the first comprehensive collection of those celebrated live performances. Needless to say, the compilation is simply glorious. Vaughan was as adept at funneling rip-roaring blues through his guitar as he was pulling out smouldering riffs from its strings, and the first Montreux outing provides a brilliant sampler of his stunning—if then still raw—talent...