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...reaching back to 1986 that all start out with a variation of the phrase “It’s no secret that the Harvard party scene leaves something to be desired”. That being said, let me leave you with another image from my first Bell Tower party: a random freshman licking the shoulder of my friend after spilling some beer on her as he exclaimed, “No problem, beer is delish!” and then continuing to sing along to Britney Spears’ “Toxic...
...introduction to the Harvard party scene came at the beginning of last fall when I entered the Pforzheimer Bell Tower room for what I thought would be a night of harmless and much needed fun. I’m not quite sure what I had imagined this mystical Bell Tower would be before entering, but I assume that as I stood in line I intended to enter a big open space with lots of attractive young people dancing to some good music and generally making fools of themselves, as college students tend to do on a typical Friday night...
Students in Leverett House recently received an e-mail warning them to keep their curtains closed to protect their own privacy as construction of new graduate housing continues near Leverett G Tower. “There has been some concern from the construction project behind G-tower about Leverett residents not being very careful regarding their private activities,” wrote Leverett House Building Manager Paul Hegarty...
...ivory tower is the only place where such nonsense can find a home and even as we on campus witness the germination of a new, ever stranger vocabulary, few can imagine taking any of it seriously...
There's an obvious political spin to that caricature--recall the 2004 election, when the Bush campaign positioned itself against ivory-tower liberal lites. Colbert's persona has a conservative bent: in his words, he's a reflexive "Blame America last-er" and has a dog named Gipper. But Colbert is also spoofing the general trend in news to pander to emotion, to value graphics over thinking, gut over brain. "That, I think, is the nutmeat of the show," he tells me. "Enough mind. We tried mind for a long time, and what has it gotten us? You know...