Word: cantabrigian
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Today it’s as rare for Harvard students to become involved in Cambridge issues as it is for a Cantabrigian to vote in local elections. The reason I’ve paid attention for so many years is that I just can’t shake what Craig Kelley said to me during that early morning interview. Making public education work in Cambridge has proved to be far harder than most people thought, but in the past year the stars have begun to align. When Cambridge voters go to the polls next Tuesday, I hope they mark their...
...first girl.Illegitimately outfitted or not, it was undeniable that Carmichaels had made himself just tolerable enough to sit on the periphery of first-year aristocracy. He hoped tomorrow would move him closer to his ultimate goal. He would be practically legally bound to bunk with these Eton elites and Cantabrigian Brahmins he’d studied so well. “Nah she’s fat,” I heard one of the Brahmins say to the others as he moved on to a different Facebook profile. “Wait go back, Stefan. Look at her profile...
...seen the signs all over Harvard Square—“Beauty and the Geek,” Ashton Kutcher’s “ultimate social experiment,” is back for another season. Beyond the obvious draw of joining a distinguished legacy of Cantabrigian contestants, here are five more reasons to try out for the show. 1. Your talents and hobbies will finally be appreciated. Can you solve a Rubik’s Cube blindfolded, like Season 2’s Tyson? Are you vice-president of your local Dukes of Hazzard fanclub, like Bill...
...distinctly Cantabrigian pathology I’ve described has really very little to do with whether we face comps, apps, shoots, punches, or plain-old ballots. It’s the competition itself, the mentality of winning, that is to blame...
...Unable to win office, and in a very small minority, the Cantabrigian branch of the Grand Old Party mostly expresses itself via a twice-monthly column, “The Right View,” published in the Cambridge Chronicle. Members and friends of the Republican City Committee take turns writing the articles, which focus on issues like taxes, school curricula, and the performance of the current city government...