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Yeah, well, that was me. That was how I was introduced to the conservative publication Peninsula. My first year, I thought I might go into politics, and because my parents are registered Republicans, I figured I must be, too. I went to oh... about two meetings of the magazine in October and one meeting of the Republican Club. Soon thereafter I became entirely disillusioned with the whole political scene on campus and in Washington, abandoned any thoughts or desires to actually be associated with that whole travesty and decided to look into things that actually help people (I'm thinking...
Since I amputated my involvement in any of those organizations rather early in my college experience, I was quite surprised to find out in late June this past summer that I was on the masthead of Peninsula (I'd thought it had gone under in the spring of my first year). Even more so when I remembered that I hadn't submitted a word to them, ever. And that I bluntly told the staff my first year that I wasn't remotely interested in being involved...
...want to assail the contributors myself, so I'm not too eager to do so. But what I would like is some sort of recognition that I haven't the slightest business in this whole hoop-la, maybe an apology from the Crimson and the Peninsula, and then to fade merrily back into my blissfully uninvolved life. --Christine Folch...
Garcia's roommate, Jose M. Padilla '97, is listed as an "Auxiliare" on the masthead of Peninsula and was criticized by name in an opinion piece that appeared in Tuesday's edition of The Crimson, Garcia noted...
...convenient for Peninsula to draw an imaginary line between "us" and "them," but under their categories, the only "us" left is those fools on the masthead: John Appelbaum '97 of Kirkland House, Christopher T. Brown '98 of Adams House, Polly Brown, Alexandra B. Coppet '97 of Boston, David S. DeSimone '98 of Mather House, James M. Dickerson '98 of Quincy House, Christine Folch '98 of Pforzheimer House, Sarah A. Gervase '97 of Pforzheimer House, Christopher M. Griffith '97 of Leverett House, Randy A. Karger '98 of Winthrop House, Jose M. Padilla '97 of Eliot House, Lev Polinsky '98, Donald...