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...symbols I carried around: an Oakley backpack, signature iPod headphones, a Nike swoosh on my running shoes, designer jeans and sweater, and I did not even dare look in my closet…the list would require an op-ed. Let’s not be hypocritical: one cannot stand in the Yard for over sixty seconds without seeing a Louis Vuitton bag, Dolce & Gabbana sunglasses, or a Longchamps purse. To you, posh Harvard campus, I propose that, instead of food, we give up the excessive importance of brands in our lives...
...vital to her future work through things as simple as joining a group of dancers in her village. She vividly remembers the first moment of dancing with them: “I did not understand from the outside what I did from the inside of the dance. I could stand on the outskirts, watching and analyzing, but putting my body in that movement made me think about it from an entirely different angle...
...Mahtani has been criticized for doing exactly what should be done in an environment of free and open debate. Though his criticism was harsh, it was focused on the idiocy of Dewey’s beliefs, not the integrity of his character. If civility demands that we politely stand complacent while public figures on this campus openly trash a movement for equal rights, then screw civility...
...director of FEMA from 1993 to 2001, also called for active student and academic involvement in disaster management. Citing a maxim from an Argentine Baptist minister, Witt said that “if we are not part of planting the trees of the future, we do not deserve to stand in the shade of the trees of the past.” Witt oversaw the elevation of FEMA to a Cabinet-level agency under former President Clinton. He lambasted the Bush administration for gutting the agency and criticized the rise of political appointments at agencies such as FEMA...
...pointed to the Bible, and declared, “I need this book more than any of you in this room.” The charismatic Clinton might not be back for the ’08 election, but another Democratic candidate with the same last name could stand in his place, Begala said. At first Begala only said that he would back a certain female senator in the 2008 presidential race. But he eventually proclaimed, “I’m for Hillary.” An early front-runner for the Republican nomination...