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...thought we put into our clothes, for all the steadfast self-images that we cherish (“Today I look casual/sporty/intellectual/offbeat”), we are sometimes given a rude awakening as to the importance of our appearances, and as to how much anyone is really paying attention. Last spring I went to dinner with an aquaintance who is an Eagle Scout. I was wearing an old t-shirt I had picked up at a (admittedly trendy) consignment shop in South Philly. It has a picture of the White House and underneath it reads: “Girl Scout...
...novel, which Lethem read passages from during his Cambridge stop, tells the story of Dylan Ebdus and Mingus Rude, a white boy and a black boy living in 1970s Brooklyn. Dylan, whose name comes from his parents’ fascination with the folk-singer, is conscious of race early on, especially when his mother proudly proclaims his status as one of only three white kids in his entire school. In an era of heightened race consciousness, Dylan is an experiment in immersion; fortunately, Lethem avoids heavyhandedness by leaving this theme of race consciousness understated...
...Harvard student performance Forte! reads like someone who didn’t want to be there (Arts, “Arts Do Not Prove Summers’ ‘Forte,’” Oct. 27). Her review insulted all but one artist and made rude and unfounded suppositions and characterizations as well of the audience, the producers, and staff. Perhaps she only slighted the opening first-year student performers because she doesn’t like Scottish traditional music or doesn’t believe it is worth presenting alongside classical music, but The Crimson needs...
...instances like Sarah’s, we justify accepting a friend we can’t stand with social etiquette. We insist it’s rude to reject someone. This person has taken the time to invite us as a friendster, and it is common courtesy to accept. Besides, what is so bad about having someone’s picture linked to your profile on a silly website that people visit when mindlessly procrasterbating...
...space to all student groups. Rather than try to monopolize the limited space that is available, student leaders have worked tirelessly using their own resources to find space for their groups to call home. Despite the fact that they were time and time again outbid by the aggressive and rude Harvard apparat, they kept on. They should be applauded for their efforts—not only for freeing up Harvard’s student space, but for taking control of their own fate in the problematic situation you describe...