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...concur, then swing by The Harvard Bookstore this afternoon, March 13, at 3 p.m. for a reading/booksigning by Willard Van Orman Quine, Emerson Hall's own living legend. Quine (rhymes with wine) is one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th Century, as well as a sparkling prose stylist and extremely brilliant guy. Tune in the following Friday, same time, same place, for a reading/booksigning by Daniel Dennett, M.I.T. philosopher and author of (among other things) Consciousness Explained. Creep on out from behind the Veil of Ignorance and enjoy the philosophical treats the Square has to offer...
While the rest of Harvard jets south this Spring Break, President Neil L. Rudenstine will be heading east, on a historic week-long swing through East Asia...
Harvard then heads to Fresno State and Stanford for a pair of double-dips on March 23 and 24, respectively, before wrapping up its West-Coast swing in Fremont, CA, with a contest against Portland State or Bakersfield followed by the California Hayward Tournament...
...elderly man standing on acloud hangs next to a Budweiser mirror. Across theroom, a psychedelic Camel cigarettes postercontrasts sharply with a dusty and disorganizedplastic case of pool cues for sale. Near thebathroom, almost out of view, an engraved mirrorquietly requests "no gambling, no cussing, nospitting," while fake plants swing in ceilingbaskets along the windows. Every inch of wallspace is covered by something which was almostcertainly obtained for free, including thethoroughly-crooked set of house cues. Theexception is the back wall; this surface iscovered by a custom-made mural which clearly datesfrom an era long past. In the foreground, thepainting crudely...
Kottas' election represents a swing back to HMUN's trend of electing a secretary general from what the organization terms its "substantive" side--the branch that deals with the actual committee meetings during the conference. The "non-substantive" side focuses on the administration and logistics of run- -ning the 2,000-delegate conference...