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...substance is not readily apparent. There’s lots of crying, yelling, strange behavior, and kinky sex (a personal favorite for weirdness is the drugged-out scene between Karen and a girl dressed as Alice in Wonderland)—enough of the latter for the MPAA to slap the movie with an NC-17 rating. Underneath all that, however, is a simplistic whodunit (was it the loose cannon? The straight arrow? The butler?) without too many character nuances getting in the way. Scenes with the mother of the dead girl, intended to add a more human dimension...
...questions that proved most problematic were those that dealt with specific players. Which of the following is the name of a recent Harvard quarterback? Pete Rose, Dave Rose, or Neil Rose. The plurality of respondents chose Pete Rose. He’s no Harvard man, though, but the gambling, slap-hitting, balls-out, uncouth pariah of professional baseball fame. The correct answer—Neil—got fewer votes than Dave.Which of the following is not the name of a recent Harvard football standout? Kevin Rogus, Carl Morris, and Dante Balestracci.A sharp-shooter for the basketball team, stud wide...
...protest of the award.“I think it’s a travesty to give a scientific award to an environmental activist who has done absolutely nothing to promote public health in America,” Whelan said yesterday. “It’s a slap in the face to those of us in public health who are actually working on real public health problems.”Mallinckrodt Research Professor of Physics Richard Wilson, who studies chemical carcinogens, also criticized the decision to give Brockovich the award.“Political correctness at the Harvard...
...Newspapers and television networks no longer have a stranglehold on our information intake—they may still have a good grasp on pure news (which is expensive and difficult to gather well), but anyone with a modem can jot down some opinions, call it an op-ed, and slap it up on a web page for the world...
...year. For shopping period this year, Harvard University Health Services (UHS) and the Office of the Dean of the College designed free day-planners for any and all undergrads who would take one. The planners were distributed by Community Health Initiative reps, who, with their never-ending supply of slap bracelets, are quickly becoming fixtures of House life. The planners are incredibly useful for Harvard students and their million and one activities each day. Furthermore, the planners encourage dialogue about sex, mental illnesses, drugs, and gender issues. The sections in the back of the planner dedicated to these issues...