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...ourselves than we could have learned from the year’s coursework. The events of September 11th and the following weeks changed the way Harvard students, like all college students, see the world. The way we view America and its actions abroad will be forever altered. We all shed our naivete, and we began to recognize our own vulnerability...
...carry with us the pain of the tragedy, but also the strength and solidarity we have felt since then. Our discourse has changed—vehement debate over today’s Commencement oration by Zayed M. Yasin ’02 is only one example. As we shed off our college selves and join the ranks of American society, we will no doubt be more politically involved, more concerned about international affairs and the perception of America abroad. During our years at college, we are meant to grow up—and in just a few hours...
...satisfied at our thorough preparation or utterly amused at how off-target our role playing was. But either way, our adultness will no longer be voluntary, but rather mandatory; the burdens of our responsibilities will be real, and unlike our current costumes we will no be able to shed them whenever they become too heavy or uncomfortable or tight...
...such as: Most likely to have their name printed in a supermarket tabloid. All the players must choose one of their friends that fits the bill. All of a sudden, when “Most Likely To...” became the game of choice, the relaxed spring breakers shed their cloaks of cool and displayed their pimply, freakish dork underbellies...
...year. Ali later returned to the U.S. and worked as a cabdriver in Orlando, Fla. He was arrested after the al-Qaeda bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998 but clammed up. Indicted for perjury, Ali has been detained ever since. If he is talking now, he could shed some much needed light on the early days of al-Qaeda's international campaigns...