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There are valid reasons to bash TV violence. The CSI series are desensitizingly gross. 24 uses torture to the point of self-parody. (The PTC counts 67 instances of it in the first five seasons.) But these shows are also long running and hugely popular. To suggest that children need federal protection from "accidentally" watching shows well known to be violent at best lets parents off the hook and at worst masks an agenda: to prevent other parents from making choices that antiviolence activists disagree with...
Another excellent way to certify yourself as a valid member of your dorm’s community is through the house e-mail lists. These e-mails go out to the entire house and are a fast and easy way by which you can introduce yourself to everyone and get your name out there. Send out and respond to a few e-mails on your house list in order to prove to them that you actually exist. The tone of these e-mails should be friendly, inviting, and somewhat relevant to house life. Here’s a good example...
...When university faculties are unwilling to take a stand on what constitutes the undergraduate experience for students, on what, if anything, somebody needs to function in today’s world, they license a position that all ideas are equally valid,” he said...
...alcohol czar.” Harvard has developed a Beverage Authorization Team (BAT), a group of graduate students who are licensed bartenders and supervised by Assistant Dean of the College Paul J. McLoughlin II, Travia said. “They are trained to card students and check for valid ID,” he said, noting that they also distribute wristbands to show whether attendees are of legal drinking age. BAT has been employed at House parties such as Winthrop’s “Debauchery” and during the weekend of the Harvard-Yale football game, Travia...
...ease the dilemma for students faced with the choice between books and social costs. Students whose families make less than $40,000 per year would be given an additional $125 and those with a family income under $60,000 would receive $75. However, these stipends would only be valid at the Coop (and in the textbook department, specifically), to ensure that students must spend the money on books. The proposal has received widespread support from the student body—it received a strong endorsement from the Undergraduate Council and its petition has been signed by over 1,000 students.C-CAP...