Last night, America reelected President Barack Obama, Massachusetts voted to send Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren to the senate, and the voters of Colorado legalized recreational marijuana. But long before any of that, there was the FM Political Issue.', [])
Gangnam, MIT-style
A rapidly spreading viral sensation is debunking negative stereotypes of MIT students as boring. In a matter of days, MIT has received more than four million hits on their version of the popular "Gangnam Style."', [])
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Exit Polls: Elizabeth Warren for PAF
As Harvard undergraduates exited the polls today, there was one resounding consensus: Elizabeth Warren would make a better PAF than Scott Brown. Ninety percent of student voters who spoke with Flyby after casting their ballots today said they would trust Warren over Brown to show them the ropes of freshman life. Here are a few other things we learned from Flyby's exit polls.
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Overheard at the Polls
This morning, Flyby headed to the polls to see what people were saying about today's election. Here are a few overheard gems:", [])
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Shit Teaching Fellows Write
Check marks are great, grades at the top of the page are often necessary, and sometimes corrections are required. But every time a TF lets a little personality shine through in his or her feedback, that TF-student bond—in our minds, at least—changes dramatically. Sometimes these personal notes fan the flames of our TF appreciation, and sometimes they just give us even more reason to fantasize about marking up their papers with red pen for once. Here, FM rounds up some of the best of TF commentary.
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If you\'re like the typical college student, you probably spent your Sunday watching "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" re-runs and procrastinating on homework. But several Harvard students spent their last day of the weekend running a marathon and raised $4,333 for Hurricane Sandy disaster relief in the process.', [])
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The Harvard Stigma, Kind of Like the H-Bomb
Who knew "Professor" could be such an insult? Most people tend to give the position a certain degree of respect. Maybe it\'s all the years of classes, lectures, and endless papers it takes to get there, or maybe it\'s just the implied intellectual brilliance and academic success of the post.
\r\nOf course, it has long been said that politics plays by its own set of rules. Jerry J. Jasinowski began his endorsement of Senator Scott P. Brown in a Huffington Post blog post with a discussion of the title "Professor," not as a compliment but as a political affront.', [])
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Where to Vote
It's election day! Here's a rundown of where to vote if you're a Harvard student. Don't forget to make it to the polls before they close at 8 p.m.
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Professor Apologizes for Running Over Time
Chinese history professor Michael Puett does it again. Just last month, Puett gave his\xa0Ethical Reasoning 18: "Classical Chinese Ethical and Political Theory" class a break from lectures, assignments, and section during the week his students had a paper due.', [])
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The Ho Kong
Seems to be lights out at the Kong.
', [])Yale's Harvard-Yale Game Shirt Design Rejected
Once again, Yalies have fallen short of Harvard standards. According to an article in The Yale Daily News, the Yale Licensing Office has rejected Yale\'s Freshman Class Council\'s shirt design for The Game based on "Harvard\'s criteria."
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FM Imagines: Jill Stein’s Green Party on Election Night
Jill E. Stein '73 turns off her radio and climbs down from her headquarters. The treehouse behind her, she knocks on the back door of a Toyota Prius.
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College Papers Overwhelmingly for President Obama
In response to The Crimson Editorial Board\'s endorsement of President Barack Obama, Flyby decided to look into trends among college paper presidential endorsements.
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The Crimson endorsed Obama last Monday. On Tuesday, the Yale Daily News also threw their support behind the president. (Note: Both The Crimson and the YDN start their editorials with "Four years ago..." Flyby is calling copy-cat.) Other Ivy League paper endorsements of Obama have come from The Columbia Spectator, The Brown Daily Herald, and The Daily Princetonian.', [])
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Humorous Subplots From the Crimson's 69-0 Victory
The Harvard football team\'s 69-0 victory over the Columbia Lions wasn\'t pretty. Harvard pulled many of its best players after the half and, in the fourth quarter, played fourth-string running back Damani K. Wilson \'14. He ran for 121 yards and two touchdowns. However, among the carnage lie plenty of humorous subplots.', [])
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Tipsters Explain a Very Green John Harvard
Thanks to our readers, the mystery of the green John Harvard has been solved (kind of). While one tipster wondered, "Is John Harvard painted green in honor of [the] stoplight dance last night, meaning he\'s single?" it turns out (unfortunately for some) that the green paint wasn\'t a testament to John\'s relationship status.
\r\nInstead, history and multiple tipsters inform us that it was likely pranksters from Dartmouth, intent on spreading their school\'s color before a big sports event. Still, we\'re slightly baffled. The next Harvard-Dartmouth game is Men\'s Swimming and Diving on Nov. 10...and it\'s taking place at Cornell. That, or Dartmouth was celebrating a win against Women\'s Soccer on Oct. 28, which seems a bit late for such a big gesture. Either way, if that\'s what Dartmouth feels they need to do to ensure a win, then we\'re not all that worried. After all, there\'s a reason parents say practice, not pranking, makes perfect.
', [])Are You An Ivy League Asshole?
Are you an asshole? If you\'re a student of the Ivy League, then according to conservative newsmagazine The National Review\'s Fred Schwarz, then yes, yes you are.', [])