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Loker Nite was similarly unsuccessful, and the project in which council delegates performed "Random Acts of Kindness" was a failure as well: besides the first-years, only three of the 12 houses participated, spending a combined total of $70 on purchases that included flowers, candy and a giant greeting card--hardly the building blocks of substantive community. Certainly all these efforts were made with the best of intentions, but that does not change the fact that they were unsuccessful...
...already know this. Annual events held by groups like the Black Students Association or the Asian American Association often garner larger audiences than does Springfest. Discussions and lectures sponsored by the Minority Student Alliance or RAZA effectively add more to the Harvard community than random, though kind, gifts of cherry lollipops or roses for the House dining staff...
Next semester, if you decide to take a class featuring some of the finest novels written in the 20th century, you may find yourself selecting from a whole new breed of pricey paperbacks. Random House has just started publishing quality paperback versions of selections from its list of the 100 best novels written since the turn of the century, a list that has provoked widespread criticism, debate and, among the more media-savvy, a halfhearted shrug of the shoulders at the lengths to which some publishers will go to drum up a little business...
...clear that Harry Evans, Random House's former top dog, doesn't go away quietly. Before the powerful editor abandoned his perch at one the largest book publishers in the country, he pulled off one of the savviest promotional stunts of his career--an idea even more inspired than his Primary Colors campaign. And to avoid direct criticism, he even had some of the most venerable names in modern literature and literary theory do his work...
Immediately following the list's release, a good deal of hoopla broke out--which is, without a doubt, exactly what Random House was hoping for. Everyone from professors to journalists to people on the street had their complaints, as well as the occasional accolade. Some of the most common gripes: Two works by James Joyce in the top five? Is Ulysses really the greatest novel ever written, and has anyone ever read the whole thing? And why such a proliferation of white males? Only eight women make the list, with Edith Wharton lucky enough to score twice...