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...attending school here weren’t reason enough, administrators have given Harvard students yet another good excuse to slit our wrists. The American Red Cross, always one to capitalize on a good rivalry—terrorism versus freedom, man versus nature—will pit Elis and Cantabs in a competitive blood drive that’s sure to settle once and for all which school has the most blueblood running through its veins. As always, gay blood not welcome. (No, no, it’s true! After all, it is the Red Cross...

Author: By Michael M. Grynbaum, Adam P. Schneider, and Zachary M. Seward, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: GADFLY | 2/10/2005 | See Source »

...facade lurks an underbelly of vice. This is exactly the quality that you’re looking for in a date spot. While it’s fun to play Whack-a-Mole, it’s more fun to get wasted and fondle each other in the ball pit...

Author: By Christopher Schonberger, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: V.D. Revolution | 2/10/2005 | See Source »

Students were to register in two-person teams for the tournament on thefacebook.com, paying $10 per player. The site would pit opponents against each other, and the winning team at each school would be awarded $500 for travel expenses to the national championships on Feb. 26 in New York...

Author: By Katherine M. Gray, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Facebook Cancels Beirut Tourney | 2/7/2005 | See Source »

Summers, the book claims, attempted to pit West against Harvey C. Mansfield ’53, the Kenan professor of government, who attributed grade inflation in part to a rise in the black population at Harvard...

Author: By Zachary M. Seward, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Book Blasts Summers’ Tenure | 2/2/2005 | See Source »

...with its wealth and abundant resources, the ability to lead the world in reaching out to those far less fortunate. Instead, over the years we have chosen to put our resources into military spending and most recently into a war that has become an enormous money pit. Perhaps if we had used our resources more wisely over the years, we could have helped reduce the death and destruction caused by the tsunami. Laura Geisel Redondo Beach, California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 1/31/2005 | See Source »

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