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...sounds like he has only a few shreds of vocal chordage left in him, but where his last album, 1997’s Time Out of Mind, sounded like the deathbed confession of a man who had seen (and sung) too much, this year’s Love and Theft finds the unrepentant Dylan leaping Beetle Juice-like out of his grave and back onto the road. Hands up those who thought he was already dead?...
Vega’s Leonard Cohen-influenced songwriting will not be to everyone’s taste, but the pleasures for those prepared to listen beyond the simple musical façade are full of intrigue. As for Dylan, there are many who will tout Love and Theft as a return to form, and so it is, but this cocky grandfather-figure who sings, “I’ll die before I get senile,” is also yet another facet of the ever-moving poet (whose Never Ending Tour has now lasted about 13 years). Dylan...
...seen shame match its praise. Nearly a decade ago, a staggering $127,000 was embezzled by two Harvard students, Charles K. Lee ‘93 and David G. Sword ‘93. So much money and fame had turned EWC into a target for theft, an event that has prompted the organization to conduct yearly financial audits...
Opponents of universal keycard access also argue that its implementation will lower Houses’ sense of community and contribute to increased theft. In the light of a potential serious assault, their fears seem trivial. Houses are effective in establishing House community through House-sponsored social events and already accommodate outsiders who often convene for various extracurricular activities. Moreover, limited universal keycard access during the day, first granted over a year ago, has not been correlated with any increase in crime in Houses between those hours. These other arguments, however, are mere sideshows to the safety issue...
Ware added that he thought the UKA issue would be raised at today’s Masters’ docket committee meeting. But Masters continued to cite the usual concerns about UKA—that it would encourage theft, damage the sense of House community and, most of all, compromise student safety...