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...clubs propagate. Although only a small minority of the student body belongs to a club, most of the community has assumptions or opinions about them. Many people are strongly in favor of the clubs. Many of these people are my friends. But there are also many of us who object to the clubs, for a variety of reasons...
...Nairobi, there is someone else who, thanks to e-mail, talks to his roommate over the computer instead of face-to-face, or who buys books at Amazon.com instead of from the funny old man at the corner bookshop. Even stalkers don't bother to go to the object of their infatuation's house anymore. Why get dirty rifling through someone's garbage when you can monitor her e-mail activity instead...
...Unfortunately, this is the closest that any Harvard guy will get to asking out a girl to a formal. Note the lack of object orientation in the question, as well as the noted omission of verb "are" to ensure extreme casual nature. These five words were rehearsed this morning in the shower over and over again, and, quite frankly, he is quite satisfied with his performance. Signal: He likes...
...here at Harvard, groups like BAGELS and Cornerstone are devoted to discussing how homosexuality and religious faith intersect. The gay community does not oppose religion itself--indeed, many gays and lesbians are as faithful as their neighbors. What we do object to are hostile words, actions and policies cloaked in the guise of religious expression...
Jane is obsessed and grieving, not over a recent divorce, but about the loss of Martha, her best friend and distant cousin. Martha is not dead, she just disappeared somewhere along the line. Martha was not Jane's friend but rather her idol, the object of her admiration. Jane's chaotic and slightly overbearing mother sends docile Jane into the Galapagos Islands in hopes her daughter will get over the emptiness, where her tour guide is, not surprisingly--Martha! This is not the ending. It is only the beginning of this book that struggles to evolve...