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...still get lured in every once in a while?? especially when my brain is post-exam mush. Much like a car commercial that refuses to admit the existence of rush hour traffic, fashion spreads transport readers to another world where an elbowless peasant top with more ruffles than any shirt should have seems like a must-buy. This is how I felt when I found myself sleepily thumbing through Glamour’s “Field of Dreams” February spread and realized that I was actually being lured into the dream...
...presidential race is often a showcase of campus personalities and a time when students pay attention—at least for a short while??to the people who can, and occasionally do, make their lives better. This year there are no exceptional candidates, no one whose enthusiasm is infectious or whose originality is striking. Worse still, there is no option for those who might wish to vote for someone other than the current candidates. Due to a change in election rules, there will be no write-in candidates this year, an unfortunate limitation on students’ ability...
...Stupid, reflexive cheap cynicism—at least for a while??will go away some, which is all to the good,” he says. “What is funny is always a matter of treading around the edges of propriety. When people use irony they mean everything from Craig Kilborn to Joseph Heller. So the annoying form of excessive commenting upon oneself, the more precious breathing one’s own fumes may be the ones [forms of irony] I would be happy to see go away...