Word: salient
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...been an advocate of Administrative Board reform, which has recently been a top priority for the UC. The field is rounded out by two humorous tickets. The presidential candidate for one ticket is Roger G. Waite ’10, a Winthrop resident who is publisher of the Salient and was its managing editor last year. He is also a member of Harvard Right to Life. His running mate is Alexandra A. Petri ’10, who is co-president of the Harvard Stand-Up Comedy Society. and a Crimson columnist “Roger is hoping to cast...
...opponent. Moreover, Obama’s willingness to engage with intellectuals of all political stripes is a welcome change from the previous administration, which often prioritized political affiliation over competency: President Bush’s attempted appointment of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court is a salient example of his utter disregard for experience and competency in exchange for political maneuvering. As Obama shifts the focus back to ability, he will have no choice but to turn to those who are familiar with Washington politics; this inevitability is no cause for harsh criticism. Just as Obama will not appoint incompetent...
...Partly conservative skepticism towards animal rights is reflexive. When PETA staged a 2004 “love in, fur out” protest in Harvard Square—six near naked protesters on a giant mattress, protesting fur—the Harvard Salient expressed predictable outrage. And when secular philosophers cite Darwin’s findings on human-animal similarities as a basis for more equal rights between species, pious conservatives cringe...
...internal struggle keep the film from dragging too much. “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” seems somewhat muted and slow for a Holocaust movie, but it’s this same slowness that makes the moments of intense emotion even more powerful.The most salient aspect of the film is the way it contrasts youth, innocence, and friendship with the violence of the Holocaust. The horrors of the Nazi concentration camp are made all the more atrocious when placed against the simplicity of Bruno and Shmuel’s relationship. The two boys live a parallel...
...Ward’s Berry Farm should serve as a model for production of other sustainable foods. Besides squash, other vegetables such as cauliflower come in winter varieties that can weather a late harvest. As celebrated recently on the kiosks in the dining halls, locally grown tomatoes are a salient example of variety intersecting environmental conscientiousness, and such efforts should persist. The squash problem begins with boredom caused by endless repetition—unfortunately, calling the vegetable candy roaster versus spaghetti does not change its essence—but it does not end there. Squash is not a magical food...