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Although a little discouraged, I still had Career Week to look forward to. Surely my future job could be found in an entire week dedicated to the subject. Yet what I encountered was a collection of panelists lacking the representation of even a single person connected to the arts, a fair with 27 I-bank booths, 42 consulting firms and zero remotely relevant artistic professions (unless two advertising companies sufficed)--and more toys, fliers and posters, none of which pertained to an art career. Then I really was discouraged...
...such a conspiracy-theorist to believe that the University is deliberately trying to subvert the aspirations of its art students, the school must become aware of the power of what it does not say or do. It is human nature to crave a certain amount of recognition and even approval. Harvard's mute stance towards its art students leaves them with the impression that they are not worthwhile, not of value, at least in relation to students pursuing other occupations. Granted, there are more students interested in banking and consulting than in art, yet the approximately 50 seniors concentrating...
While I would be very sorry to see a Bush in the White House again, I am even more concerned for the fate of our democracy as it becomes ever more dominated by the two major parties, both of whom have undemocratic primary systems, both of whom are beholden to the same corporate financing and both of whom compete for an ever more right wing "undecided voter...
...mind you, I was there through thick and thin. I wasn't a fair-weather fan. I stood by my team amidst George Steinbrenner's excommunication, sub-.500 seasons, and Mariah Cary showboating--moments that would have made even the most die-hard Cubs fan grimace...
...whole, the Yankees were nothing special on the field. They flirted with the playoffs every so often, while some years they weren't even the best team in New York...