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...even in eyes of those Americans who are most hostile to foreign ways of living. It matters not whether these women wear the burka in public or in private, because their “rights” are the same. However, public space in the French scheme of things is not just a non-private and therefore public space by virtue of default. It’s a universalist space where citizens interact. From a French perspective, refusing to show your face in a public space is a refusal not just of custom, but of interactive citizenship...

Author: By Patrice L. R. Higonnet | Title: Burka in the French and American Minds | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...this putative weakness lies the strength of numbers. Misery loves company, and is abated by the silent camaraderie of a library filled with similar (albeit trivial, in the grand scheme of things) suffering...

Author: By Daniel E. Herz-roiphe | Title: The Protestant Ethic and The Spirit of Lamont | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...that was just the Roman deities warming up. They continued to arrest Skip Gates, Ponzi-scheme America, and cancel Arrested Development. Not to mention childhood obesity. All because you seniors refuse to engage in human sacrifice. Are there any limits to the pain you have caused? Yes—I am not saying you are the ones responsible for making health care a pain in the butt to pass this year. Yale is responsible for that. But I am saying one of you must be a first-class sexual pervert because Providence has truly smitten...

Author: By John F. Bowman | Title: Harvard Will Get Better Once the Seniors are Gone | 5/26/2010 | See Source »

...fans appear to admire Wheeler. As one put it, "I would say that what Adam Wheeler has done is more than a 'mistake'. This was a deliberate scheme to lie his way into a school. He used scholarship money that he didn't deserve (meaning that money was taken away from honest students who really did deserve it), and I hope that he is prosecuted for his actions to the fullest extent...

Author: By Keren E. Rohe, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Adam Wheeler Facebook Group | 5/22/2010 | See Source »

...revelation that former Harvard student Adam B. Wheeler eluded the illustrious Harvard College admissions office has left some wondering what went wrong in the process and how Wheeler could have taken his scheme...

Author: By Xi Yu and Julie M. Zauzmer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: UPDATE: Adam Wheeler Case Raises Questions About Admissions Process | 5/19/2010 | See Source »

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