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...were hardly any cars,” said Katharine M. Chute ’11. “It was pretty quiet, and it was kind of nice.” By Thursday, most Harvard students had left for home or vacation, leaving behind athletes, students from across the pond or across the continent, and thesis-writing seniors. Nancy A. Chow ’08 worked on her grad school applications. “I’m using this weekend to catch up on some work,” she said. “I just want...
...Ponnary nor Pol Pot lived long enough to see the tribunal established; Ponnary was bedridden and suffering from insanity when she passed away peacefully in 2003 at the age of 83. She had lived out her final years in the Iengs' villa, with its manicured lawns and small ornamental pond, oblivious of the fact that Pol Pot had remarried many years earlier. Pol Pot himself died in 1998, denounced by his own followers, in a jungle shack near the Thai border...
...Dissecting the problems in soccer are not simple, especially because it often appears to be pure nihilism. But as with any other group prone to violence, the technique of "draining the pond" must be applied by the Italian government: organized fan clubs that are violent must be disbanded, rowdy fans must know that any involvement in these incidents is a ticket to a long-term stadium ban, and the majority of good-natured fans should understand that the "nuclear option" of having games take place behind closed doors is very much on the table. That was the message on Sunday...
...Harvard’s worldly education only seems be preparation for a small handful of U.S. Zip codes.I’m okay with the prospect of never being part of the Ivy-encrusted Uptown elite. I’m okay with being a small fish in a small pond, not the East River. I know that if I do eventually live and work outside of this country, my classmates will probably never read about me in the papers. And for someone arrogant enough to be at Harvard in the first place, that’s terrifying...
...hatred of Staples (or “Shtooples,” depending on the mood of the entry), their penchant for personal loss, and their unshakable self-loathing. The journal also features excerpts from Roger’s incubating debut meta-novel, the Scotch-soaked “Glove Pond.”The narrative style smacks of a sarcastic take on Goethe’s “The Sorrows of Young Werther,” all the way up to the discussion of one of the characters’ (totally unnecessary) attempt at suicide. While it is easy...