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...imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then the staff of the Harvard Salient must stay awake nights dreaming of how they could become more like Peninsula. The late-November issue of the Salient focused on religion at Harvard. Careful readers will note that last year's final issue of Peninsula was devoted to exactly the same subject matter. Perhaps this lack of originality stems from the Salient's insistence on publishing so frequently, whether or not they have anything new to say. If they truly yearn to be a Peninsula-lite, maybe they should tackle issues that are more...
...Most salient to the team's prospects may well be the contributions of its youngest members. Head Coach Jay Weiss's freshman recruits, ranked 14th in preseason evaluations, could have a key impact on the squad and plug some crucial holes in the lineup...
...quickly established that Brad's siblings are staggeringly mean, given to berating him in tandem with statements like: "If we put mamma in a home, she'll die, you know. And it'll be all your fault." But other than this single, salient feature, none of the characters are clearly drawn. We know that Scott's a jerk because he's a Christian minister, which in this context is shorthand for hypocritical bastard. He's also deserving of ridicule because he refuses to have premarital sex with his dishy girlfriend Candice (India Landigran), even though, oddly, he seems to live...
According to Douglas M. Gordon '97, editor-in-chief of the Harvard Salient, members of the media tend to be "white, male and liberal...
...mostly absent parents, who toiled with marginal success on the vaudeville and burlesque circuits, are the obvious villains of the piece; Dean Martin is the beloved but withholding father/big brother substitute. Armchair analysis is notably warranted here, and Levy notably restrained in providing it, given that one of Lewis' salient attributes as a performer is that he exudes a palpable sense of self-satisfaction coupled with an unslakeable, almost scary thirst for adoration--not to mention, as his career progressed and then faltered, an underlying rage. In fact, Levy argues convincingly that Lewis' Nutty Professor alter ego, the suave, egotistical...