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There are probably few more meaningless preoccupations around Harvard than correcting errors of fact or interpretation in The Crimson, but here goes. An Update article in your November 17 issue, Nicole Seligman's "The Union That Never Made It," contains several references to the Adams History Club. The problem lies with your reporter's statement that we were "successful last year in fighting the History Department on the number of teaching fellow openings." It just didn't happen. What transpired, more or less, was this. The History Department requested a certain number of teaching fellow fifths from the Dean...
...accept the university wage offer. Because of administration's anti-union, anti-worker stance, the workers were forced to accept a wage settlement and back-to-work conditions considerably less favorable than those they had hoped for. Three months of picketing, with unprecedented student and faculty support, were rendered meaningless...
...intangibles point to a Columbia win and anyone who follows the Lions' fortunes knows that the dark forces of irrationality reign supreme at Baker Field. The fact that the Lions are 11 point underdogs is meaningless because Columbia hasn't been tavored in a single league contest this year...
...newspapers, three magazines, one publishing house, and then there's the whole publishing world outside. Some of my friends did not get into Option III, but two years from now, they will be no farther "behind." If you're a real writer, not getting into Option III is meaningless. Writing is egocentric yet painful, and believing in oneself...
...meaningless Penn touch-down and two-point conversion with 1:44 remaining in the game. The score did little more than create the final score and break what would have been a well deserved shutout by the Crimson defense, one which, in addition to the turnovers already cited, also produced two interceptions by cornerback Andy Puopolo, an interception and fumble recovery by Bill Emper and an interception by Bill Wendel...