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...report. “I think in terms of colloquialisms, more so than seeping into writing, they are seeping into verbal communications,” she said. English professor Lawrence Buell echoed a similar sentiment, stating that he hasn’t noticed a presence of e-mail speak in his students’ formal writing. “This is the top of the mountain peak that you’re surveying as far as potential quality and smarts of the student group,” he said. “Maybe [Harvard] is unrepresentative of American human youth...
...Knowing English is important—some businesses won’t hire you unless you speak it,” she said. “I think my defining moment was when I realized that I can and want to help [my country], and seeing how just a couple hours a week could change how far someone would go in life...
...Training Corps (ROTC) commissioning ceremony each year to voice his support for Harvard’s future military men and women. This year, University President Drew G. Faust will follow in his footsteps by attending the commissioning ceremony on June 4, but she will also use the venue to speak out against the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that currently prevents openly gay and lesbian individuals from serving in the military. In an interview last week, Faust said that while she had not yet written her speech, she planned...
...Speaking at Xavier University in New Orleans last week, McCain blasted the local, state, and federal governments for their response to Katrina. The senator who had warned about “premature judgments” apparently decided that less than three years is enough time to emphatically pass judgment. McCain claimed at Xavier, “We know we didn’t have the right kind of leadership” and went on to criticize President Bush’s personal actions following the disaster. Whereas in his role as a senior senator McCain had been reconciliatory and slow...
...Campaigning as a candidate unafraid to speak the truth, with a campaign bus called the “Straight Talk Express,” McCain has appeared several times on television, including Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” to stress his honesty and dedication to sticking to his principles. In criticizing Bush about Katrina, however, McCain has recently shifted away from this straight talk, embracing the endorsement from his former enemy, Bush, last month. McCain seemed willing to forget the bitter and personal struggle he lost to Bush...