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...marked on maps are not worth seeing. Indeed, my fellow students have done a remarkably thorough job of teasing out the centers and squares, the parks and plazas, the quirks and quaint spots that differentiate Boston from all other cities. Instead I offer the humble suggestion that perhaps we ought not be preoccupied with checking off every listing in the Unofficial Guide. Perhaps we are not responsible for seeing what makes Boston unique, but instead are responsible for making our experiences unique...
...opportunities that never could have been anticipated—the detour down the side street in Porter Square, the directionless walk that leads to unseen vistas, the thrill of surfacing at the least familiar T stop just to see what’s there. By focusing on what we ought to do, we allow tradition to dictate what should give our college experience meaning instead of setting out to inhere meaning on our own. We underestimate the significance of life’s little idiosyncrasies. We ignore the beauty of the mundane. And, inevitably, we come...
...view is that she ought to be able to choose her running mate,” Linsky says. “Certainly some people have mentioned him, sure, but I think she’s made it known that he’s not at the top of her list...
...does not currently have an atmosphere that fosters the free exchange of ideas on this topic. Anyone who speaks publicly against the Living Wage risks being demonized, and the committee has chosen to offer the community no way to express its views except by making a public appearance. We ought to offer people a way to express themselves that is not punishing and yet is likely to be given some weight. (Yes, you can write an e-mail, but you can guess how much weight these have been given...
...anything without good reason. But it takes an act of mental gymnastics to leap from that principle to the conclusion that any group-based restriction is unjust. If Harvard wishes to trivialize the importance of military service by turning its back to the cadets and midshipmen of ROTC, it ought at least to justify its position with more than mere assertion. ROTC detractors can only win their case by proving that prohibiting homosexual behavior is unnecessary and persuading us that we should be more worried about whatever harms arise from that prohibition than about promoting the national defense...