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...computer science (CS), however, where today's technology is tomorrow's trash, and the job market has been transforming for several years, Harvard has been careful to remain grounded in theory...
There have been many suggestions made about the Core over the years, ranging from "trash it!" to "reform it" to "we like it just the way it is" (stand up if you're in the last category and see how many are standing with you...), but nothing has really changed. Yes, more classes have been added, and there are a more concentration classes counting for credit these days, but the Core looks pretty much as it did when I was a first-year...
...caller reported a man entering the Hasty Pudding by the fire escape. Police discovered the man was a cleaner taking out the trash...
...There's a Simpsons episode (AABF11, "I'm With Cupid") where Elton John hands Homer a Grammy and Homer chucks it into the trash. Which is how I feel about the awards right now. I suppose I'm expected to say something about them, this being the music column and all, except that I feel award shows naturally tend to reward the middlebrow rather than the spectacular. (Hello, Santana!) And the behind-the-scenes politics of major labels to win Grammys just leaves an odd taste in my mouth. I wonder if record labels send "for your consideration" copies...
...other moderately decent things about the Connecticut gaming experience. Everyone feels bad for everyone else. The dealers who owe their lot in life to the casinos clearly feel bad for the players too. What doubtless keeps them from seeing the gaming public as a mass of self-defeating trash is that many of them play the same games they deal on their own free time. When asked if she ever plays, Annie, middle-aged with Clairol red hair, responds in hushed tones, "What the fuck else would I be doing here?" How demure...