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Edward V. Kogan ’12, a student in ESPP 10, said that HUDS had charged them with determining awareness of sustainability as well as offering suggestions to promote student interest...
...hate. Films “Saw V:” Thomas Hobbes would have been proud of this film, a misanthrope’s delight. Films like this seem to exist only to prove Hobbes’s rage-fueled philosophical vision: that man cares only about his self-interest and that life is “nasty, brutish, and short.” Characters self-inflict tracheometries, saw their arms off, murder their compatriots to survive, and still end up dead. “Punisher: War Zone:” Not only does the protagonist get to realize...
...infamous political dynasty, the Daley family, were daringly complicit in the cronyism and gangsterism led by Al Capone in the early 1900s; Mayor Richard J. Daley notably capitalized on the New Deal and segregated the city on racial lines solely in order to promote his own self-interest...
...Climate change, education, health care, immigration, fiscal responsibility: These are the issues on which we build our political identities. They rouse us to fight so-called enemies in election after election, to support scoundrels in the interest of the party, to donate vast sums and volunteer long hours—they divide us because they matter...
...Obama's seat. "My focus during these final hours has been on electing Obama President. If he wins," Jackson added, "I'd be honored and humbled to succeed him in the U.S. Senate." Then, he said, "I'm confident the governor will make a decision in the best interest of the state and country." But shortly after Obama's election, Jackson mounted a vigorous public campaign for the seat. On the morning of the day before his arrest, Blagojevich held a quickly arranged press conference outside a shuttered Chicago plant and described Jackson as a "very strong candidate" to replace...