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...seems grotesque to think of the Jonesboro slaughter in terms of play. But that is a way to approach the otherwise mystifying spectacle of children gunning down children. First of all, play is not necessarily innocent. Nor is childhood. The innocence of children (which was the unspoken premise of much horrified commentary last week about the Arkansas shootings) is an adult myth. The reality is children's extreme vulnerability; their storms of anger and irrationality and their dramatically imaginative lives, which conjure monsters and heroes and set them in motion--whole Iliads. Those imaginations sometimes indulge crazy fantasies of revenge...
...music shows. Unwound's followers at first glance were very into themselves. On further inspection, their narcissism was sickeningly omnipresent. These devotees perspired a style-savvy indie rock posturing not unlike the weight-of-the-world-on-my-shoulders instrumentalists they deified. "I'm cooler than you" was the unspoken mantra of the evening for both band and fan alike...
Noah blames his restraint on an unspoken rule against entryway relationships, a rule which reflects the attitude that romance can be dangerous. At the same time, he admits that "it's easier to make a goddess out of one girl than it is to make something work with a real girl here on Planet Harvard." He sheepishly adds, "I guess I'm just not ready yet to leave the security of my romantic fantasy-land and enter the world of real relationships. Relationships are after all, always much less certain and potentially devastating to both people...
...Weekend barely lit a spark. Many of us are primarily concerned with our academics and extracurriculars, thinking of our social lives as outlets for fun and relaxation. Many of our parents, on the other hand, have a different agenda. More often than not, they are secretly working on the unspoken but ill-concealed project of marrying us off. This project heightens during graduate school and the years following, but for many parents, junior year is when the hint of the notion first appears...
...There was still an unspoken expectation thatthe more time you put in [at The Crimson], thebetter your chances were," Devall says...