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When the acclaimed novelist Gary Shteyngart appeared at the Brattle Theatre for a freewheeling discussion on Monday, the topics ranged from being paid in cheese for his first writing assignment to avoiding the sophomore slump to emigrating from the Soviet Union. He also read from his second novel, “Absurdistan,” which he called “the story of a very large man who destroys a very small country.” In “Absurdistan,” which was named one of the ten best books of the year...
...Alternative Prime Minister of Australia. As he fronts this week's ALP national conference for the first time as leader, Rudd will be playing to his party's supreme policy-making body. The former diplomat and high-level technocrat is not a creature of Labor's factions or union base, which makes him stronger outside the party than within it. If the polls are accurate, people are wild about Rudd, who is trying to convince them that Labor will provide a more prosperous future while the government is stuck in the past...
...Trial Team & Pre-Law Society: In case you should ever find yourself in court. Harvard Science Fiction Club: These guys will believe any story. Catholic Student Association: A religion that believes in creative birth control, not to mention confession. Harvard Civil War Reenactment Club: How better to lead the Union (or Confederacy) into battle than with a cannon? Also consider Harvard Pirate Association (HPA). “Avoid the Freshman Fifteen” Club: You could create this organization to attract the ‘11 ladies. There’s still time to table during Prefrosh Weekend...
...current ABC leadership and the African-American Student Union declined to comment, and South Asian Business Association members could not be reached for comment. –Staff writer Daniela Nemerenco can be reached at dnemeren@fas.harvard.edu...
...group of conservatives for Gonzales' firing. Signatories to the letter include Bruce Fein, a former senior official in the Reagan Justice Department, who has worked frequently with current Administration and the Republican National Committee to promote Bush's court nominees; David Keene, chairman of the influential American Conservative Union, one of the nation's oldest and largest grassroots conservative groups; Richard Viguerie, a well-known G.O.P. direct mail expert and fundraiser; and Bob Barr, the former Republican Congressman from Georgia and free speech advocate, as well as John Whitehead, head of the Rutherford Institute, a conservative non-profit active...