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...lack of compunction about abusing organizational resources. Some of the blame can be attributed to the slowness of my Macintosh Classic, the pagination quirks of Microsoft Word and the incompatibility between my printer and my Powerbook 520c. But, as the Government Senior Honors Thesis Handbook so cheerily informs the reader, this is why thesisers are advised to start their printing the night before. I knew that. But I failed to do so. Why? For the umpteenth time in my life, I simply didn't have my act together...
...this takes place in 200 short pages. The book whisks through Bennett's life, briefly introducing his family and acquaintances and leaves him off in his mid-thirties, friendless and rather boring. By that point it is difficult for the reader to care much about Bennett since, in the final part of the novel, he suggests that a colleague manufacture data, refuses to offer help to his destitute uncle, and gives up on the woman he married...
Eventually, he may learn to apply this editing skill to the excesses that mar the novel--a rich attachment to vulgarity, including a deadening level of profanity and a comically exaggerated preoccupation with smells. Clearly, Weiss wants the reader to accept Burry as a fatal temptress. But it does not help to be told early on that her aroma is "part B.O. and maybe patchouli...
Perhaps feedback from readers that would be most constructive would suggest ways in which The Crimson could cover what students want to read. That way The Crimson could weed out unnecessary stories and devote more coverage to areas of reader interest...
Quincy House dining hall checker Aurora G.Medwar said she, too, had to make an effort to getto know incoming sophomores. But the advantages ofthe ID reader outweigh the disadvantages, shesaid...