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...sweet, but desperate, cougar Tully, but Antonio thinks going to an Ivy prevented you from learning about “life!” Girl go back and get a Ph.D.—maybe then you’ll be able to match Antonio’s ravishing intellect. Fat chance, though. Brooke wrote...

Author: By Rachel A. Burns, Jeffrey W. Feldman, Ama R. Francis, Jessica R. Henderson, Joshua J. Kearney, Eunice Y. Kim, Chris R. Kingston, Ali R. Leskowitz, Beryl C.D. Lipton, Monica S. Liu, Ryan J. Meehan, Antonia M.R. Peacocke, Erika P. Pierson, Bram A. Strochlic, Mark A. VanMiddlesworth, and Denise J. Xu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Editor's Picks 2009 | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

Last week, 32 young Americans won Rhodes Scholarships. Their tenures at Oxford are funded by the legacy of the British imperialist Cecil Rhodes, a man whose life would not be honored today were it not for his scholarships—and specifically his vision that young people of outstanding intellect, leadership, and ambition could make the world a better place...

Author: By Elliot F. Gerson | Title: Stolen by the Street | 12/2/2009 | See Source »

Despite these adjustments, however, Foer’s formidable intellect remains preoccupied with the nature of violence and how a thinking person should go about dealing with it in the world. A recent father, Foer undertook the research for “Eating Animals”—an examination of the various aspects of animal agriculture—in order to come to an informed decision about whether or not to feed meat to his newborn son. What follows is a harsh portrayal of the modern factory-farming industry and an unflinching investigation of the implications that...

Author: By Abigail B. Lind, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Silent Suffering of ‘Animals’ | 11/20/2009 | See Source »

...comparably soft-spoken Hysen, he has an unassuming demeanor, which supporters say belies his intellect. He said he would work well as Bowman’s right-hand man, as he “can do a lot of the support work that’s not the glamorous stuff...

Author: By Amira Abulafi and Tara W. Merrigan, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: Bowman-Hysen Boast Bi-Partisan Support | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

Dreams and Foucault aside, supporters of the Long-Johnson campaign are genuinely impressed with the ingenuity and intellect of the two candidates. “My roommates are some of the most cerebral people I’ve met at Harvard. I certainly don’t think I am anywhere near their league,” said Pancratz. “The amount of thinking they do about issues is striking...

Author: By Anna M. Yeung, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: UC Election Profiles '09: Hoping to "Service the Student Body" | 11/15/2009 | See Source »

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