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...confluence of unfortunate, and in some cases tragic, circumstances would have been difficult for any dean—and for Hammonds, who had just been appointed, it was at times overwhelming...
This marked only the beginning in a long series of political debates and snafus that would come to define fall 2009 and spring 2010. The tragic shooting at Fort Hood laid bare the inadequacies of mental-health offerings in the United States military and showed us that terrorism is not the sole province of religion. Similarly, reactions to the threat of terrorism represented not change that we could believe in, but rather the stasis that we feared. We were disappointed by Obama’s renewal of the Patriot Act, a bill whose overwhelming Congressional support was cause for alarm...
...happened at Harvard during the past four years—perhaps more than some seniors can remember. However, there are some events that most seniors (and underclassmen) will remember long after college ends—some funny, some tragic, and some historic. Here are 10 of those memorable events from the past four years at Harvard...
...best of me. Backyard day drinking was definitely not my scene given that each time I stepped into the sunlight, I was struck with an unbearable headache and an eye that was suddenly tearing up as though I had just been forced to rewatch Marissa Cooper’s tragic death on “The O.C.” (rest in peace, Coop...
...Skirts!!!?!” chronicles the darkly humorous and tragic disintegration of the Hogan family. The family’s destruction is catalyzed by the play-opening plane crash in which Phyllis Hogan and her 11-year-old son Bishop (Christopher J. Carothers ’11) are stranded on a deserted island. As his family struggles to survive, patriarch Howard Hogan (Noah A. Hoch ’11) becomes more involved with his porn-star mistress Pam (Ella G. Gibson ’13) back at home. Once the family reunites, the four characters clash with disastrous results...