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...tireless and outspoken critic of government waste and intervention, Durst routinely purchased space on the front page of the New York Times to run what he liked to call "bottom lines" - rants that ran along the bottom of the page like stock tickers. His haiku-esque May 26, 1991 message: "Federal debt soaring, national economy shrinking, soon the twain shall meet." In 1980, before technology could support a debt clock, he mailed handwritten holiday cards to dozens of congressmen that read: "Happy New Year. Your share of the national debt is $35,000." When technology finally caught up with...
...Columbus Day was made a national holiday in 1934 by Franklin D. Roosevelt, class of 1904. John F. Kennedy ’40 revived it in 1963 to generate enthusiasm for space research with the proclamation: “we continue to honor Columbus’ daring as we search out the far reaches of space and of human possibility.” It is only in the past two decades that indigenous peoples and revisionist historians have objected to the celebration of Columbus Day, calling attention to the less-than-glorious eradication of the Indians that began when Columbus...
...This is not always the happiest of arrangements. As darkness falls and each Harvard student tromps back to his or her bed, desk and chair, the last thing many of us want is the sound of a near-total stranger taking up space. No matter the room number, from the River to the Quad, everyone seems to share a wall with the most absurd of characters. They scream at inhumanly high pitches, they cackle and guffaw, they blast ’90s pop into the wee hours (especially during Reading Period). Some of us respond in kind?...
...residents - the local registrar announced that students no longer had domicile and could not vote there. "If you're a homeless person, you're allowed to write down the landmarks that you live around," says Zach Pilchen, president of College Democrats at William and Mary, pointing to a space on Virginia's form reserved for that purpose. "But you can't register from a dormitory." Win Sowder, who took over as Williamsburg's registrar in 2007, says her office no longer asks about domicile or restricts student voting...
...BGLSTA said that the weekend’s activities were a success, both also acknowledged that the existence of a “coming out” day demonstrates that there are still barriers to being open with one’s sexuality. BGLTSA students distributed rainbow pins, safe space signs, and a pamphlets of resources to every College dorm room in the days leading up to National Coming Out Day. Students and BGLTS tutors also coordinated events in Houses, including a film screening of Margaret Cho’s “I’m the One that...