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...remind ourselves of the reason for his discomfort. Vanitas had mocked three emperors, and had supported two incursions of his followers into the Empire. The Emperor saw an opportunity to avenge one of those emperors, his father, Desperatus Maximus, whilst boosting the coffers of Rome with much needed booty. After all, bread and circuses cost money, and the senators remain reluctant to part with any of their riches. At a stroke, Nuntius Minimus could please everyone. That is, of course, other than non-Romans...
...second consideration, however, prejudice and disinformation are probably entirely appropriate to a comparison of this type, because whilst The Crimson is modelled on The New York Times, we at The Oxford Student aspire to the editorial content of The Sun—a tabloid famous for such front-page headline genius as ‘Zip Me Up Before You Go Go’ (re: George Michael’s outing in an LA toilet...
...aware that whilst the opinions below may not be reflective of Oxford student opinion as a whole, or the facts as you know them at Harvard, it would hardly be in the spirit of contrast for me to write anything tainted by research. So here, instead, are a sprinkling of the general bigotries which we hold about American college life...
Drinking. You can’t do it legally (well, for the first couple of years). Ha. Whilst I’m under no illusions that the entire American undergraduate population is unaware of the effects of a bottle of beer—or two (I have watched Dawson’s Creek)—I can’t help but feel that this law must detract from some entertainment. Here, each College has its own bar serving cut-price drinks; we get sprayed with champagne following the end of exams (although this is officially banned...
...institution. Oxford is a primarily government-funded institution, and government funding has fallen dramatically since the 1980s. In short, times are hard, and it’s no wonder that our research ratings are slipping and we haven’t won a Nobel Prize in decades. Also, whilst Harvard possesses an endowment that would be the envy of an elephant, Oxford’s is the equivalent of a small field mouse. For some demented reason we still seem to be under the illusion that education is a right, not a privilege, and therefore never stop moaning about?...