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...isolation of what are inherently social beings, made manifest most clearly by the steel and glass boxes known as cars. Trains are the counterrevolution.Consider a trip I took home last January.Around 7 a.m., or about 16 hours into the trip, we were somewhere in northwestern Pennsylvania. I woke up, hungry, and decided to see if I could find some food. I ventured back into the food car where I ordered a bagel, took a seat next to a loud, boisterous group of Norsemen, and promptly told the one nearest me to shut up, if he didn’t mind.The...
Ethiopia-born and Tanzania-schooled Yoseph S. Ayele ’11 woke up to his first New England snowfall yesterday morning. “I looked out my window and saw cars covered in snow and was like ‘Wow! This happens in real life!’” Ayele said. “It’s just like a movie.” As the snow fell softly on the streets of Cambridge, covering the Yard in a layer of white, freshmen and upperclassmen alike bundled up in scarves, gloves, and puffy jackets...
...campaign was so detailed and structured it really encompassed when we woke up, when we ate, and who we talked to,” says Adam Goldenberg ’08, a Crimson editorial editor, who made an unsuccessful bid for the vice presidency of the council last year...
...rose 8.3 percent over last year. Nationwide store visits increased 4.8 percent, but overall spending decreased, according to the National Retail Federation. For those students who did remain on campus, Black Friday provided a chance to grab discounted items at the mall. Lisa M. Yu ’11 woke up at 5 a.m. with her roommate to purchase clothes and memory soft pillows as gifts for the upcoming holidays. “The holiday season is definitely about gifts,” said Yu, adding that a trip to CambridgeSide Galleria was better than searching for sales online...
...beginning. It is time to pretend that it never happened. Students should stop going to class; it’s what’s best for their future. Alumni should stop going to work; it’s what’s best for our economy. Undoubtedly, if we woke up tomorrow and Yale had shut its doors, the world would change very little. If Yale athletic teams failed to show up to games, the scores would be practically indistinguishable. And would anyone notice if Handsome Dan were not dragged around the field? Probably only Handsome Dan, and the mascot...