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FM's Political Issue 2012

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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.', [])

Exit Polls: Elizabeth Warren for PAF

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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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Shit Teaching Fellows Write

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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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The Harvard Stigma, Kind of Like the H-Bomb

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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.

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Of 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.', [])

Where to Vote

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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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College Papers Overwhelmingly for President Obama

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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.', [])

Tipsters Explain a Very Green John Harvard

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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.

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Instead, 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.

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