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After Gawker.com, the New York gossip rag with a peculiar Harvard fetish, noted the irony in a posting last week, the club removed Metullus and Campbell’s photo, leaving just the harebrained headline (alliteration is indeed hard to resist) and a brief note of thanks...
...these peculiar handwritten notes and go through this process, just remember: You are joining an organization of people of whom you will see a lot and with whom you will be able to stay in contact for the rest of your life. At the very least, make sure they are the sorts of people with whom you want to be friends. If you have not got that worked out, you have made your first mistake and are turning the stereotype of the clubs as being full of opportunistic party animals with excessive credit limits into a reality...
...peculiar cover art, Corgan explains that it is a painting done by his ex-girlfriend, Yelena Yemchuck. He says he wasn’t trying to convey anything specific with his choice, but liked the mood it gave the book. “Her paintings have this sort of dark but also sort of whimsical feeling,” he says...
...precursor to his best known work, Nosferatu, The Haunted Castle is a tightly confined drama that takes place in a day at the shadowy Castle Vogelod. The film is set several months after a murder, when mysterious circumstances bring together key suspects and a host of peculiar characters. Enjoy one of the master’s earliest silent works with live piano accompaniment by Ukrainian HFA composer in residence Yakov Gubanov. Tickets $6. 9 p.m. Harvard Film Archive...
...What is peculiar, however, is the broader trend seen in so many of the recent HUDS announcements: Changes which are advertised as in the interests of students repeatedly and conveniently boost HUDS’ bottom line. Students may be accustomed to such deceptive public relations from politicians—as well as the University itself—but why is Harvard’s dining provider constantly covering up its budget cuts with obviously suspicious pretenses? Why won’t HUDS be upfront about its decisions...