Word: thingness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...there’s something to be said about doing a thing right or not doing it at all. Boston, with its multitude of real concerts, is a mere ten minutes away. In the mean time, back here, we can do what we do best: watch student groups perform, drink, and then try to act really drunk in front of that girl in our section who laughed at our joke that one time...
...thing, the pep rally will still feature the Harvard cheerleaders, who are sure to impress with a few very difficult cartwheels and toe touches. There also will be some sort of inter-house competition, which will definitely star several over-eager section kids. As the Harvard Band plays the one song it knows (I’m sure you’d recognize the fateful tune), the rally is bound to be a bore—unless, of course, someone gets hurt...
Shuttle service isn’t the only thing being scaled back this year. Last week, the College Events Board announced that instead of hiring a high-profile performer for the Harvard-Yale pep rally, it’s opting for a more low-key event focused on student performances and the football team. But you know what? I’m still really excited about it. And it’s not because I am a huge fan of the football team or because I can’t wait to see the Dance Step team in action...
...Cats! F**k ’em up!" on their Facebook statuses. I cannot claim more than a moderate interest in football as a sport, and I probably won’t fall apart if Harvard doesn’t win the Ivy League championship. But the great thing about school spirit is that it requires no rationale or justification. I deck myself out in Harvard gear and cheer loudly at games mainly because I feel it’s the appropriate thing to do at a school event—and because it?...
...usual in war, the enemy gets a vote. Just as these new, lighter MRAPs are reaching U.S. troops in Afghanistan, evidence continues to mount that Iran - which helped Iraqi insurgents develop particularly lethal explosively formed penetrator (EFP) IEDs - may be doing the same thing in Afghanistan. Dennis Blair, the director of national intelligence, told the Senate Intelligence Committee earlier this year that "Iran has both long-term strategic and short-term tactical interests in Afghanistan and is not content with merely maintaining the status quo." Its desire to undermine "Western influence in Afghanistan" had led it to provide "select Afghan...