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Vasant M. Kamath claims (Op-ed, April 27) that vouchers for private schools would "alleviate the crisis in American public education." Nothing is farther from the truth. Vouchers give government money to parents so that they can send their children to private or parochial schools. Advocates of the voucher system say allowing parents of poorer children to choose private schools will cause all schools to compete in a market system and will produce a more effective and efficient educational system...
Referencing Warhol, I think, was intended to be cool and cultured, like FM. Back then, the magazine housed the "op-Arts" section of theatre, music, film and book reviews; this material took up half of the magazine. Given the content, a nod to Warhol, the artist, made sense...
Identity crisis only worsened two years ago when the op-Arts were removed from FM to form the separate "Arts" section. "What now?" thought the magazine editors. And thus Fifteen Minutes, sans arts section, tumbled into confusion. Who are we, where are we going? Various theories surfaced. Some editors thought that "Fifteen Minutes" should be about popular culture with kitschy visuals and copy. Others took the Warhol reference more literally and sprinkled the magazine with Campbell's soup cans. Recent magazine executives interpreted the title at face value--a quarter hour--and brought a chronological theme to the magazine...
...Blodgett Chamber Music Series at Harvard presents the Mendelssohn String Quartet, playing Mozart's String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, K. 590, Brahms' Clarinet Quintet in b minor, Op. 115, and Mozart's Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581. Only two tickets available per person. Paine Hall. 496-2222 8 p.m. FREE...
...that envelope, and it is a heavy piece of paper." So instead of reordering the certificates, like they usually do every three years, the admissions office decided to save their money. Lewis also admits that the office has received some flack for the items in the past. "A lot op people have said, "This is tacky. You don't need to it."' In fact, Lewis believes that students who decide not to enroll at Harvard get more use out of the certificates than anybody. Where does she think most of the framed acceptance announcements are? "Probably the halls of dormitories...