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...identity that appears more complex, serious, or just more likable than the real person behind the curtain. After all, when people quote John Stuart Mill in their profiles, list “The Art of War” as one of their favorite books, or oh-so-subtly write things like, “I’m a very complex person,” in their profiles, does anyone really believe them...
...competition inspired by Ernest Hemingway’s famous short story, “For sale: baby shoes, never worn,” students in his class, “English 178x: The American Novel: Dreiser to the Present” were allowed exactly six words to write a story—plot, characters, conclusion, and all. The competition, proposed by a student in the class, mimicked a similar online contest held by Wired magazine this fall. According to Joshua D. Rothman, a TF for Fisher’s course, the entries on Wired were not up to Harvard standards...
...campaign budget and the ruckus that engulfs the campus every December, one might expect that becoming a candidate for the Undergraduate Council (UC) presidency is a difficult and painstaking process. But all it takes to get on the ballot is to find 150 people to sign their names and write down their e-mail addresses—it doesn’t even matter if the students have signed another candidate’s petition. Finding signatories is something most candidates do in an hour...
...write in response to your request for information regarding the incident that befell Professor L***. All seemed peaceful at 8 p.m. in Sanders Theater the night before Commencement. The house was packed, but I noticed Professor L***. A Camus-esque fly was making lazy circles in front of the first row of seats beneath the balcony where he sat. Many of those present had been celebrating, and some were the worse for wear, including a young man at the end of Professor L***’s row whom I took to be the MC and who had fallen asleep...
...taken the ingredients and concocted a delicious treat? Whose flavours just don’t sit write? Email your vote to fm@thecrimson.com, and next week, the verdict will be revealed...