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...Undoubtedly, in their curricular lives, Cambridge students lack a great deal of the precious freedom we enjoy at Harvard. Students study a single discipline, within which they follow a more narrowly-structured path that consists of units with dull names like “English Literature and Its Contexts, 1300-1550,” “1500-1700” and then “1688-1847.” Within each of these units, known as “papers,” a number of lecture series covers the spectrum of major topics and authors. There...
...rushing away to start an internship or a job. As we wait for the May Balls, all-night formal dances along the banks of the Cam, we will sit outdoors in the sunshine discussing politics and philosophy. We will watch the punters in the Cam and enjoy some precious hours reflecting on the intellectual discoveries of the academic year gone...
...dusted off the age-old “I trust my teammates to win this one” adage and put it to work before heading back all alone to snowy Ithaca.Following Friday night’s loss, however, everything changed for Cornell. The Big Red’s precious one-game lead disappeared, Harvard capped off a furious comeback with a 71-70 win over Columbia, and an emerging Ivy League grudge match—Red versus Crimson—would take center stage on Saturday night.In the end, Maduka’s conflicting loyalties cost...
...merits of Clinton’s command of the facts are self-explanatory, while the relevance of Obama’s ability to connect with audiences is less so. When I asked a friend who had stumped in New Hampshire why he had chosen to sacrifice an entire, precious day of Reading Period to Senator Obama, he responded, “I don’t know, I just find him really inspiring. Isn’t that enough?” More than four weeks later, I find myself wondering the exact same question. Is it enough that Barack...
...bewilderment or sheer anger. Another funny episode finds the Tropics donning heavy black eyeliner to frighten a big-shot team. There is no one reason why this movie fails so greatly. The shoddy finale comes close, and will definitely leave viewers thinking that they’ve wasted ten precious dollars and a whole afternoon of precious time. “Semi-Pro” is about as far from a slam dunk as a dwarf at half-court. As the sports commentator in the movie says, “Sometimes dreams turn into nightmares...