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...maybe we’re not all the way there yet. “[Harvard should have] a wild sex show in the Agassiz Theater,” he suggested, “That would be the most badass fun ever.” It seems??if we can justify its scholastic purpose—the University might be up for the challenge...
...country, such a question—as impulsive as it seems??would rarely garner anything but a short laugh and clarification from me, or, I think it’s safe to say, from anyone who looks remotely Arab. But in Holland, as I soon found out, Moroccans possess a universally-accepted, second-class social status—as do most other “allochtoon,” a now-derogatory word for “immigrant.” Ask any Dutch person, and he or she will (bluntly) tell you the same...
...suggests a more sobering reality beyond sobriety.It’s unclear for whom the narrative is intended. As the narrator, Jerzy speaks to himself, speaks to his lover, speaks to himself again (this time sober), speaks to the girl in the yellow dress, and—it seems??speaks to us as well. In his own words, he is “writing about you and [he’s] writing about [himself] not only to show that true alcoholic prose does not end in death; it ends in life, and who knows how life will...
...Who…is Evelyn Hammonds?” the provocative e-mail began, “I’ve never seen her even mentioned in connection with undergraduate affairs, and it seems??crazy that they passed over people like [Harvard College Professor] Jay [M.] Harris to choose...
...what do we get? The rise of irony in indie rock can be regarded as a direct reaction to this modern feeling of disappointment. Somewhere along the way, insincerity and sarcasm became de rigueur when dealing with the perceived futility of matching the creative output of past generations.It seems??or at the very least, I hope—that this vapid, reactionary kind of irony is on the wane. Nonetheless, the aesthetic of acerbity is still very much in vogue. The issue for many up-and-coming bands—particularly for “indie?...