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When affordable land does pop up, the University often buys it, beating any female clubs to the punch, says the member of The Fox’s graduate board, who asked not to be named. “Harvard real estate gobbles everything that’s on the market...
...common with its historical inspiration: how in 1995, the Harvard perfectionist and his fun-loving high school buddy wrote the screenplay that launched a thousand People magazine covers. Indeed, the folklore that surrounds these two Cantabridgians is the subtext for Matt and Ben, which, with a bevy of gossipy pop-cultured winks, doesn’t even aim for accuracy. One of the play’s biggest jokes is clear as soon as the lights go up: not only do the actors bear no resemblance to their real-life counterparts, but neither are men, and the one playing...
...release an album on a major label. On The Rest Is History, Jin plays off his roots in a way that has sparked controversy among Asian Americans. He calls himself "the original Chinky-eye M.C." and raps about labor abuses ("The sneakers on your feet cost 100 a pop/ My people get 15¢ a day in sweatshops") and interracial dating. "I'm not a gimmick," says Jin, 23. "I'm not the Chinese version of nobody." Well, maybe Jackie Robinson...
...Promoting French language and culture abroad has been an integral part of the country's policy for centuries. But globalization has diluted French influence. So has the allure of American pop music and cinema, which have made English both practical and cool, and a must for anyone hoping for a career beyond France's borders. So the French establishment is fighting back in the way it knows best - with passionate denunciations that deny reality rather than adapt to it. That's why teachers, unions and legislators are trying to shout down the government-sponsored report recommending that English be compulsory...
...Lenin and Stalin have long been toppled, but how to fill their plinths? To get out of that cultural pickle, Muscovites have opted for a real pickle - or at least a big bronze one meant as "a monument to a truly Russian snack." Having largely missed out on Pop Art, Russians seem hungry to catch up. Other street art sprouting up: a potato, a tomato and, er, a chunk of processed cheese...