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...Trouble with Amy I applaud Josh Tyrangiel's defense of Amy Winehouse in his article "Trouble Woman" [Feb. 4]. She is a rare talent, and her music is a wonderful combination of Aretha Franklin and Janis Joplin, with a touch of Otis Redding thrown in. She would have been very much at home at Stax Records. It's troubling to read about Winehouse's high jinks in recent months. Despite her gifts, she has inner demons and struggles. However, I still root for her because, as is evident on Back to Black, Winehouse is aware of them...
...doesn't care what his hair looks like," she says. "He doesn't care that he has big ears." For the record, so does she--a topic they like to kid each other about. Amid the hurly-burly of the campaign, Callie's images manage to find those rare moments of stillness...
...distinction between small and large events—the latter of which demand Beverage Authorization Teams or police detail under the new rules—is unclear. If the College has not taken care to clarify their new policies, they should not expect students to comply with them. The rare redeeming facet of the report is a more standardized alcohol policy across houses, which has the potential to promote a more healthy drinking environment at Harvard. However, these changes do almost nothing to directly promote student health and safety. The policies’ numerous references to the drinking...
...Unlike the European Parliament elections, where candidates are restricted to national territories, this vote covers all the E.U.'s 27 member states and represents a rare opportunity for a truly European opinion...
...rare meeting with undergraduates, more than half of the members of the Board of Overseers and President Drew G. Faust spoke with seven Undergraduate Council (UC) delegates in Loeb House on Saturday to discuss issues surrounding student life. According to UC members present at the meeting, the conversation covered issues as diverse as faculty-student relations, teaching quality, mental health, housing, financial aid, and social life. “We had a more theoretical discussion about the college and what it means to go here,” UC President Matthew L. Sundquist ’09 said. The Board...