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Bill Clinton is usually a great off-the-cuff speaker, able to answer complicated questions smoothly and with a sure command of detail. But at times last week he found himself struggling for words. The worst moment came when a radio reporter questioned the President on vivid new charges about a painful old subject: extramarital affairs. ''So none of this actually happened?'' the reporter asked. The President answered in the tones of a man stumbling through thickets of misgiving. ''I have nothing else to say,'' he declared. ''We . . . we did, if, the, the, I, I, the stories are just...
...Justice for Palestine (JFP), a pro-Palestinian group at Harvard Law School—has prompted some controversy since it was announced last month. Dershowitz called JFP’s decision to invite Finkelstein “shameful” and urged the group to invite a different speaker.“They can get much better people to make the case for Palestine than Norman Finkelstein, because he just makes the ad hominem case against those who support a moderate resolution for peace,” he said.In October, JFP invited Dershowitz to debate Finkelstein, but Dershowitz said...
...throw an event to raise awareness of the risks of excessive alcohol consumption in Mather that would be both informative and fun,” Jones wrote. “We did not want this event to be preachy [or] pedantic, so we decided against bringing in a speaker, or throwing an event whose sole focus was alcohol awareness.” Director of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services Ryan M. Travia said that focusing on alcohol awareness during the Mather open house is “not part of any larger, intentional efforts.” He said that...
There were Halloween jack-o-lanterns aplenty—and even a Great Pumpkin dedicated to a certain UC representative who failed to provide a proper speaker system. Despite the shoddy amps and microphones, a campy sense of fun settled over the Quincy Collective and the three Harvard-based bands that celebrated the whole point of Halloween: dressing up like somebody else. In this case, the bands donned the appropriate costumes to present covers of rock bands Third Eye Blind, and Nirvana...
...that Harvard students were, in fact, more interested in looking good than their North Face jackets and thick sweatpants might suggest. Tan, Vestis’ events coordinator, thought of it as a science experiment. At first, their laboratory was quiet. Vestis sponsored just one event last year, bringing a speaker from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts to make a presentation at the Fogg. But interest in the club has since “exploded,” according to O’Neill, who says Vestis’ membership now stands at around 200. This year, they?...