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...authors of “Oxford Blues” are right when they advise Harvard juniors to think before applying to the Rhodes??but don’t do so because you mistakenly believe, based on the tone and one-sidedness of that article, that Cantabs are too good for another country or another university. Do it because you acknowledge that Oxford and the Rhodes are a great match for many, but another option might be a better match...
...legacy of exploitation in Southern Africa, where he made a fortune mining diamonds. A champion of British colonialism, Rhodes supported military expansions of British influence in Africa, earning the condemnation of many of his contemporaries. Does the fact that the scholarships are funded from the coffers of Rhodes?? imperialist tendencies somehow diminish the award? “What people do with the scholarship is very good, so I don’t see a direct connection,” says 2007 scholarship recipient Parvinder S. Thiara ’07. Fellow winner Joshua H. Billings...
...highlight is a supporting performance by Walter Matthau as a writer on Rhodes?? national show who also falls in love with Jefferies; he cynically comments on the action without having the confidence to interfere. Besides biting wit, Matthau conveys the frustration of Cold War intellectuals unable to find a way out of the national chaos percolating around them during the anti-Communist 1950s...
...part, Rhodes is an anchor of one of the premier defenses in the Ivy League. In eight games, the group—senior Sara Sedgwick, junior co-captain Laura Odorczyk, sophomore Michelle Hull, and Rhodes??has only allowed three goals...
...mount an attack with the slim lead, the defense became harder and harder pressed to keep the Terriers under wraps. Fortunately for the Crimson, co-captain goalie Katie Shields and her backs—senior Sara Sedgwick, junior co-captain Laura Odorczyk, sophomore Michelle Hull and freshman Nicky Rhodes??were able to bend without breaking...