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...urban legend--a quote attributed to a former managing editor wise beyond his or her years--that goes something like this: If Harvard students could apply to get kicked in the ass, and it was a very selective process, they'd fight each other to reach the sign-up list first. The truth is, we Harvard students are obsessed with application processes. Obsessed may not even be the appropriate word; we're haunted, enthralled, even overpowered by the sheer force of selection procedures on campus...
...Steven Wise assesses the scene with a professional eye. He concedes that Marbury is a wimp. He praises Alice for her social graces. And he calculates that for the moment, Christopher and Siena, dervishing through the terrible twos, are less articulate, less mentally developed, than a reasonably accomplished chimpanzee or bonobo (pygmy chimp), each of whom would easily outdistance the twins in communication skills, memory and complex consciousness of the world around them. So: Should the chimps, who possess better minds, have some of the legal protections that the twins, by birth, enjoy...
...user. Many states require educational training in gun saftey before issuing hunting licenses; there is no reason why handgun owners should not be subjected to similar requirements. Citizens who profess their inability to own guns within such reasonable constraints are unlikely to have the understanding necessary for the wise use of a dangerous device like a firearm to begin with...
...same time, there are a number of reasons why Harvard is wise in delaying its involvement with the proposed consortium. First and foremost, we share the sentiments of Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 who stated last week that he had not yet heard that the "College has a surplus of faculty time unused by our undergraduates." There is no reason that an already under-staffed Faculty should be called upon to divert any larger portion of their energy away from the undergraduate population by loading them down with the additional responsibility of reworking their material to meet...
This reality had not yet dawned on what locals call the Southland last week. Trolling Orange and Riverside counties one day, I spotted only one piece of presidential paraphernalia--a Bush poster stapled to a telephone pole. At some point, one of these candidates is going to wise up and get involved in a car chase, which guarantees live coverage by every TV camera in L.A. and the rapt attention of the entire electorate...