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...Undergraduate Council has an unfortunate history of being a somewhat irrelevant campus organization. Before last year, during which the council focused almost exclusively on student services, it would often spend a great deal of time debating and voting on resolutions irrelevant to Harvard’s undergraduate community. For this reason, we hope that the recent comments by new Council President Sujean S. Lee ’03—that she wants the council involved in to be more “political or controversial” issues—do not reflect a return...
...brash, but also somewhat reticent. At first Griffin wants only to gush about the upstanding young van drivers he teaches at PBHA but eventually opens up about his other interests. He is a book collector and former engineer who has taught at Al-Hikma University in Baghdad. Griffin collects Celtic-language books and books on the Irish in America. Two years ago he donated 3,800 volumes on the Irish in America to the National Library in Ireland and was honored at a ceremony in Dublin...
...very apparent. Lang’s Marxian depiction of capitalism and industrialism gone awry prophetically predicts many of the problems that plagued the twentieth century. Some dislike what they see as an oversimplification of capitalism, and accuse Lang of being politically antiquated. Perhaps his economic stance in Metropolis is somewhat archaic to the modern viewer. Nonetheless, the memorable sequences of frenzied mob terror, the twisted contortions of the robotic Maria as she incites the workers to revolt and the hallucinatory images of throbbing machines, make Metropolis stand out as an example of brilliant filmmaking...
...very apparent. Lang’s Marxian depiction of capitalism and industrialism gone awry prophetically predicts many of the problems that plagued the twentieth century. Some dislike what they see as an oversimplification of capitalism, and accuse Lang of being politically antiquated. Perhaps his economic stance in Metropolis is somewhat archaic to the modern viewer. Nonetheless, the memorable sequences of frenzied mob terror, the twisted contortions of the robotic Maria as she incites the workers to revolt and the hallucinatory images of throbbing machines, make Metropolis stand out as an example of brilliant filmmaking...
Sophomore James Bullock—whom Patterson defeated in a close challenge match to play No. 1—lost to third-ranked Michael Ferreira in a No. 2 match that, like Patterson’s, was somewhat closer than the 3-0 final suggested. Fellow sophomore Ziggy Whitman was swept by seventh-ranked Lefike Ragontse at No. 4 in similar fashion. Meanwhile, freshman No. 5 Mike Blumberg picked up the team’s only win—a gritty 3-1 upset over 17th-ranked Rohan Bhappu...