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While students hoping to hear the quirky melodies of indie chanteuse Regina Spektor may have been taken for the ride as part of the Lampoon’s latest antic, it was Spektor herself??who emerged from the Castle on an eight-person bicycle—who was taken, literally, on the wildest ride of all. Friday’s event, advertised as a “presentation” to students over e-mail lists, featured a series of brief appearances by singer-songwriter Spektor before a crowd of students eager to hear her perform...
...Former Kennedy School Dean Robert D. Putnam said the new position would allow Faust to “free herself?? from the day-to-day management of administrative operations...
...personable style, Sen creates a simple yet powerful discourse on individual choice and identity that offers valuable insight on people from all social and political contexts.Sen presents a cogent theory about the structure of modern society by positing that each person has many ways to define him- or herself??nationality, gender, religion, and ethnicity being among the almost infinite possibilities.The crux of Sen’s argument lies with the idea that “the importance of one identity need not obliterate the importance of others.” Sen writes that, instead, people must exercise discretion...
...when people desired to be “average,” the social history of public opinion polls tells a different story.The acceptance of the idea that an individual needs quantitative data in order to understand his or her own community—and sometimes even him- or herself??represented a cultural shift in how Americans in the 20th century understood their society, argues University of Pennsylvania historian Sarah E. Igo in “The Averaged American: Surveys, Citizens, and the Making of a Mass Public.”Though the book isn?...
...trip to New York to a five-star restaurant, and backstage access to a Broadway show. Hey, it’s for charity. In the end, an $110 bid from Lena Chen ’09, who is also a Crimson editor—who went for $35 herself??secured the engagement. Who would have thought curing cancer could be so sexy...