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...expected that every candidate would try to photoshop him or herself into a colorful flyer with a witty message, and that every eligible surface in every corner of the Yard would get its share of poster coverage. Usually these bore a catchphrase of sorts; these included lines like: “No More Tears,” “I might be a Kitty, but I’m no pussy,” and “Vote Erika. She’ll take you places...
...this innocuous sloganeering quickly went awry. Take, for instance, one candidate’s poster, which read: “All men have it, some longer than others. The Pope never uses his. What am I? A last name. If you have a dirty mind, [this candidate] doesn’t mind.” While perhaps not every voter finds vulgarity in this appeal, surely all of us can agree that it tells us little about the candidate’s ability to lead...
...This event is a great way for people to informally get together and to celebrate the holiday season together.” In addition to providing gingerbread cookies, shortcake, candy canes, and food associated with the traditions of each faith, the event educated the attendees with poster presentations that described the tenets of each faith. The Latter Day Saints Student Association welcomed visitors with home-baked cookies and brownies and also provided copies of The Book of Mormon in several languages. The Harvard College Buddhist Community served rice pudding—said to have been fed to Siddhartha Gautama while...
...Odetta and many other survivors of the civil rights movement, the election of Barack Obama as President signaled a fulfilling chapter in the struggle. As she sank toward death in New York City, Odetta had an Obama poster taped on the wall across from her bed. Hospitalized with kidney failure on Monday, she kept willing herself to live because, her manager Doug Yeager wrote on a fansite just before her death, "Odetta believes she is going to sing at Obama's Inauguration, and I believe that is the reason she is still alive...
...empowering institution, Harvard College can easily be perceived as an increasingly limiting institution. Whether it is landing the highest paying jobs, gravitating towards the most impressively stressful course load or competing for the most visible poster space on the Science Center kiosks, our actions reflect a gradual homogenization...