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Over the past few months, the foundation has reached out to new donors and has filmed an ad with actress Jennifer Love Hewitt. One of the foundation’s first stops for networking has been at Harvard, with Friedman’s friends. Friedman’s former roommate...

Author: By Stephanie B. Garlock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Student Legacy Inspires Charity | 5/10/2010 | See Source »

He is right, of course, about the third alternative, and very sensible one it is--working out some system of fooling the grader; although I think I should prefer the word "impressing." We admit to being impressionable, but not hyper-credulous simps. His first two tactics for system beating, his...

Author: By A Grader | Title: A Grader’s Response | 5/10/2010 | See Source »

Think, Mr. Carswell (wherever you are), think, all or you: imagine the situation of your grader. (Unless, of course, he is of the Wheatstone Bridge-double differential CH3C6H2 (NO2)3 set. These people are mere cogs; automata; they simply feel to make sure you've punched the right holes. As...

Author: By A Grader | Title: A Grader’s Response | 5/10/2010 | See Source »

I hope my inference is clear. The A's go to people who wake us up, who talk to us, who are sparkling and different and bright. (The B's go to Radcliffe girls who memorize the text and quote it verbatim, in perfectly looped letters with circles over the...

Author: By A Grader | Title: A Grader’s Response | 5/10/2010 | See Source »

His third suggestion, the Overpowering Assumption, I think is the best: but not for the reasons he suggests--that the assumption is so cosmic it may sometimes be accepted. It is rarely "accepted"; we aren't here to accept or reject, we're here to be amused. The more dazzling...

Author: By A Grader | Title: A Grader’s Response | 5/10/2010 | See Source »

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