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...success, as one of you told me. “What will I say at my fifth reunion?” you wonder. What is “extraordinary enough”? It is, quite simply, having the courage to write your own script. You can be a risk taker. In fact, as we have learned, you will be a risk taker whatever you choose because no choice is guaranteed to be safe; no path is risk-free. So do what you love—whether it is law or drama, finance or physics, or, as one of you told...

Author: By Drew G. Faust | Title: A Message from the President to the Class of 2010 | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...offer alcohol. Sure, drink all you want, but don't tempt an exam-taker-to-be. You don't want to inflict lasting damage on their baby...er, computer science project...

Author: By Sarah J. Howland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Done With Exams? Well, Some of Us are Still "Laboring" | 5/11/2010 | See Source »

Hispanic advocates often tell the story of a Census Bureau worker who visits a Puerto Rican household in New York City's East Harlem neighborhood. Seeing the family's caramel complexion, the Census taker asks which race he should put down for them - white or black. To which the family answers: "Puerto Rican...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still Black or White: Why the Census Misreads Hispanics | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

...haired nun nodding off at the next table. The scene is also deceptively simple: one bench in a French cafe and the outside world as reflected by the mirror behind it. But the snob has no money, the beggar is just as much a giver as he is a taker, and the old lady is not as saintly as she at first may seem...

Author: By Beryl C.D. Lipton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Oscar-Nominated Short Films Preview | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

...album is its lead single, the effervescent “Cousins.” Racing along like “A-Punk” on speed, it’s an unusually stimulating highlight. The way Koenig spits out convoluted lyrics like “Dad was a risk taker / His was a shoemaker / You greatest hits 2006 little list-maker” is admirable given how little time each verse allots...

Author: By Chris R. Kingston, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Vampire Weekend | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

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