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Recently there has been much furor over the installation of grates over the hot air vents behind the Leverett House dining hall. Students and community members are outraged at the callousness that Harvard has shown the unfortunates who must resort to using our excess heat to survive. However, I believe that more people are upset about the cruelly symbolic aspect and unseemliness of the grates themselves, rather than the underlying problems of the security of students and the plight of the homeless...
Clearly, a nation as a whole considers many different factors before going to war, and everyone should take part in that process as well. Some oppose war in general. I do not. It is a last resort. But the personal level of war cannot be ignored and should not be lost to nationalism and patriotic jingoism. I make my decision now before the commercial I envision becomes photos of Khadafy ranting and terrorists murdering shown to the sounds of "America the Beautiful...
...said the polygraph questions will concern security, not an individual's personal life. Speakes denied that the stepped-up use of lie detectors is directly related to the spate of spy arrests this year. Those cases caused enough alarm about national security, however, that criticism of Reagan's latest resort to the machine has been notably muted...
...last resort, Bleich said he may try to strike up a deal with the Lampy. "The National Lampoon gets to use the name by paying the Harvard Lampoon 2 percent of their profit. We'd be willing to let them pick up 2 percent of our debt any time they wanted...
College dormitories and hotel sponsorships are other possible housing options, although Fish considers the former a last resort. The Gesters, an international squash club, has offered its services to find housing for the juniors...