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That’s because since 1955, a growing prevalence of factories and pollution-emitting businesses along the river have made it unsafe for humans. In addition, an increasing number of various bacteria and toxic sediment have, due to its location on the river??s floor, been able to sit, then grow and spread, according to Lawaetz...
That is why the expectations surrounding racism should be no different for any person—college-educated or high school dropout, rich or poor, Quad or river??than they are for anyone else. For news outlets, either explicitly or implicitly, to hold a certain sect of people to a higher standard than another gives some people more license than others to act unjustly...
Taking advantage of a break from the whirlwind weekends that often feature four and five events over a two-day stretch, the Harvard sailing team competed in just two regattas—both on the nearby Charles River??over Easter weekend. The Crimson capitalized on the relaxed schedule, as the No. 8 women earned a hard-fought first-place finish, while the No. 5 co-eds also sailed well, taking third-place overall. It was the first top finish for the women all spring, and it came just as the season begins to wind down for the team...
...does this relate to Harvard? Well, clearly, the Quad represents the Other in our midst. When one is Quadded they are declared to be different from the norm that is the river??one never hears of being “riverred.” By making the Quad into the Other, river house residents project their own insecurities about house life onto it. For example: “My house is made up of rat-infested walk-through doubles and has no sense of community, but at least it’s not in the Quad...
...Schlesinger returned to Harvard in 1947, having published his Pulitzer prize-winning “The Age of Jackson” two years earlier. But though the professor may have settled near the Charles River??his Irving Street home neighbored Julia Child and John K. Galbraith—his thoughts and work were always directed to Potomac...