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...regularly impressed by my peers, my professors, my House, and—in spite of what has apparently metastasized into conventional wisdom??the fun I have on weekends and weekdays alike. I may not be able to run up the Duomo and submerge myself in a foreign way of life, but there’s a lot of good here, too. I’ll decline to wax poetic about friendship and the Charles River, but I will observe that we only get four years to experience it all before it’s gone...
...Baby”), about a friendship that falls apart because of drugs (“If My Homie Calls”), about a criminal called “America” that is charged with the murder, robbery, and false imprisonment of black people (“Words of Wisdom?...
...that are not considered “correct” by some criteria that we do not understand and on which we never had the opportunity to vote. University President Lawrence H. Summers was ousted not only for expressing a multitude ideas that somehow offended devotees of the conventional wisdom??not only his comments on women and science, but also his statements on divesting from Israel and on the history of American Indians, for example.Moreover, Harvard students no longer have the option of earning commissions and serving their country in convenient and Harvard-based ROTC programs, solely because...
...Liar” is another notable track, with a laidback yet pleasantly trebly sound that makes it something you might doze to while on the beach. “Wherever You Go” establishes a pleasant, folk-rock feel, while the upbeat “Conventional Wisdom?? includes impressive guitar solos. “Mess With Time” is both heavier and more unique, blending flamenco-style instrumentation with hard rock. And yet, Built to Spill does not go out with a bang. Though many half-hearted listeners may not make...
...strange thing, this housing system of ours. For several years now, we as Harvard College students have had no voice in the decision of where we will live for the last three years of our college experience. In 1995, the administration—in its infinite wisdom??figured that, rather than allowing students to decide on their own what sort of community they’d like to live in, flinging blocking groups aimlessly across campus without any sort of input from them at all would somehow produce a happier, more integrated student body. Now, just about...