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True Value
True pricing reform entails a shift in our worldview. It requires that we look beyond price tags and see the life-cycle costs of the goods we purchase.
Homecoming Weekend Could Use Some Work
Rolling out of bed to the sounds of the marching band on JFK Street, I thought that this past Saturday was going to be a football game like any other. Granted, with the visiting Princeton team was only sporting a 0-2 record this year, I knew that things would be a little different. But who doesn’t like watching your team demolish a foe that has been a perennial obstacle in each of the last three years on the road to the Ivy League championship? It was going to be a great day, and an epic win. But as I stood on the sidelines ready to watch the Crimson stomp all over the Tigers, something else was very different as well: the stands were empty.
Selling the 'Natural'
As in the Maybelline commercial, authenticity is revealed as a product, a mere object for sale in the market.
HUMBLE HOMECOMING
Scenes like this are few and far between at Harvard football games. The lack of student attendence is, in part, due to the failure of the administration and the Harvard Alumni Association to properly advertise the event or foster a sense of community among students.
Contrarianism as Dogma
There is nothing wrong in principle with contrarianism that is accurately targeted and aware of its limitations.
TO SAY THE LEIST: Title Race Comes Down to Three
<p>Much of Ivy League football this year has been about unpredictability. With no stacked lineups or breakout superstars, almost any matchup could be anybody’s game. Brown quarterback Kyle Newhall-Caballero outdueling Patriot League god Dominic Randolph? Columbia holding Princeton scoreless in a 38-0 blowout? Yale having the league’s best scoring defense—and a sub-.500 conference record? </p> <p> </p> <p>At this point, nothing in Ancient Eight football should surprise me. But on Saturday, something did.</p>
Keep Watching the Watchers
Given that CCTV is here to stay, we all have a duty to ensure it continues to be used responsibly on campus and that the world follows suit.
AROUND THE IVIES: Running Back Era Comes To Close
Yesterday morning, as I furiously typed away at a Spanish 50 composition that blatantly ripped off the plot of “Election”—the great Tom Perrotta high school novel and Reese Witherspoon’s career-launching movie—I thought to myself, “Has the recent era of great Ivy League running backs come to an end?”
Operation Enduring Deficits
Why not propose a surtax on the wealthiest Americans to pay for an Afghan surge and, for that matter, to pay for the entire Afghan war from this point forward?
CRUZ CONTROL: Ivies Struggle, Individuals Shine in Midyear Report
Over the last few weeks, teams across the Ivy League have been served hearty portions of humble pie. Not enough, mind you, for regurgitation of the preseason accolades rained down upon the League and its players, but sufficient to make you feel queasy about their postseason prospects. With roughly a month left until the postseason and the Ivy campaign half finished, now is a good time to assess the fortunes (and misfortunes) of the Ancient Eight.
The Status Quad
I realize that turning the Quad into sophomore housing would fundamentally alter house life on Linnaean Street, and I would argue that this change is for the better.
Budget Cuts Not A Major Obstacle
Just about every media outlet, from international newspapers to niche blogs, is having a field day writing about the so-called hard-hitting effects of Harvard’s budget cuts—no omelets for students, no cookies for faculty, and of course, no more free sweatsuits for all athletes.
The Renewal Deal
Due to this recession’s severity, most economists expect unemployment to return to pre-recession levels in three to five years.
True Love Revision
I approached my interview with Rachel Wagley, co-president of True Love Revolution, as an opportunity to rethink my perspective on ...
Put A SOCH in It
James Madison defined tyranny as the “accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands.”
