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Scene, meanwhile, Freeze’s club-going older sister, is set to send another tremor of upper-glass guilt across campus in mid-May with the release of their second issue. According to editors Emily Washkowitz ’08 and Rebecca A. Kaden ’08, Scene 2’s going to be just like Scene 1, but better. Expect photo shoots, undergrad fashion designers, and senior profiles. Also see Scene’s “Style” blog on CampusTap.com, but keep your pants on for the magazine’s website (www.sceneonline.org...
Apparently we’re all supposed to know what a Chinese daybed is—because apparently good, classy living means owning one. Trust Washkowitz and Kaden’s declaration of authority re: the intricacies of Harvard culture, and you’d think that we were all qualified to talk about how our “dining companion… tremendously enjoyed” his grilled sirloin at Aspasia. That we think “classy” means taking a cab to the hotel room you rented because you just can’t be bothered...
...Washkowitz and Kaden insist that they didn’t mean to imply that any of this was a standard, or that any of it was the “right” way to live. This is just one slice of Harvard life, they told Doordropped, and in future issues, other slices will be featured...
Indeed, they did work hard on this magazine, and their passion for journalism is apparent. But read that editor’s note again; there’s something wrong here. No matter how hard Washkowitz and Kaden tried to get Harvard right, they didn’t. For most people at Harvard, the “experience we are all a part of” does not even come close to the lifestyles depicted in Scene. Yes, we have Birmingham in the role of Paris Hilton (by her own admission, famous for her celebrity and little else), but she?...
...help us if Washkowitz and Kaden convince anyone otherwise. God help us if this is what we really want...