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When droves of non-Harvard students descend on Cambridge for the annual autumnal ritual of Head of the Charles, the Square to them seems alive and exciting. But for Harvard students, the weekend brings little more than a sigh of relief that the flood of warnings and flyers from house superintendents is finally over...
Many other signs pointed to murder. The gun that fired the fatal shots in Cheiry was gone. One of the victims had been given a powerful drug. Swiss police speculated that Jouret, Di Mambro or both oversaw the death ritual in Cheiry, drove to Salvan to direct the second stage and then fled. "If this is suicide," said Andre Thierrien, a fireman in Cheiry, "then someone must have given them a helping hand." In Salvan, fully packed bags were found in apartments that had been rented by victims, suggesting that some had expected to make conventional departures from town...
...requiring all students to have a thorough grounding in Western Civilization. Although a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant (a definition which I see the need for only on official documents). I appreciate the opportunity to take courses like Literature and Arts C-16, "Rebirth and Karma in Indian Literature and Ritual." This is a course which Mr. Chrisman singles out, apparently for its specific focus. In my opinion, the current diversity at Harvard simply does not, and should not, allow for a limited core curriculum. To cite and example from my own studies, a course with a non-Western slant which...
Growing older, I have realized that the fine print is more important, more powerful than ritual or atmospherics. Still half in, half out of the church, wistfully faithful, I find myself puzzling over those contractual details. The church's ideals of family, for example, strike me as, by turns, heroic, profound or quaint...
...that every movie viewer is used to behaving in certain ways at the theater, and those ways may not necessarily be appreciated by one's viewing partner. For example, do you talk during the movie? Your partner may feel that jokes and gossip are sacreligious to the cinematic ritual. Do you stay for the credits? Your partner may not care appreciably who the second unit assistant director is. Do you eat and drink during the movie? Your fellow viewer may be turned off by the thought of your stuffing your face during a tearjerker. You may want to check these...