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...should the University make any effort to change what has been the status quo throughout the University's history? Harvard is certainly as popular and as prestigious as ever--donations and applications have not slowed down simply because women hold a mere fraction of the tenured faculty positions at the University or because a woman has yet to reign over Massachusetts Hall. Why should Harvard begin to broaden its horizons, address women's issues and make concerted efforts to diversify its faculty and administration when there is no pressing need...
...Harvard-Yale rivalry (which curiously seems to be referred to as the "Yale-Harvard" rivalry in every publication on earth except The Crimson) being played out in national politics will seem sickening. Both universities represent wealth, privilege and elitism to most Americans. Harvard and Yale are about as status quo as you can get. Luckily, for voters who believe both candidates are pawns of the powers that be, there is an alternative: They can cast a protest vote for Green Party candidate Ralph Nader. He, after all, went to Princeton...
...family ledger. It's all personal, especially since the 1988 presidential campaign, when Junior acted as the loyalty enforcer. The Bushes fed hot dogs and lemonade to the reporters at Kennebunkport, even took a special few out on the cigarette boat. But these gestures were always a quid pro quo. If you were not "loyal to all Bushes" after that, you fell off the list for interviews, horseshoes and movies in the family quarters. The next time you held out your hand, it might not be shaken. Junior, like his mom, blamed the media for his father's '92 loss...
...Gore's got a chance, all right - with anybody who's achieved some financial status in this status quo. And that's a lot of people. Except that I'd swear on my mother's Cisco shares that Raymod Mora wasn't headed to the polls at all in November...
...Gore's got a chance, all right - with anybody who's achieved some financial status in this status quo. And that's a lot of people. Except that I'd swear on my mother's Cisco shares that Raymod Mora wasn't headed to the polls at all in November...