H. Max Huber '09 rips on success. It's not all it's cracked up to be By H. MAX HUBER Ok, so you know that episode of the HBO show “The Wire” where Avon Barksdale says to Marlo Stanfield, “It’s all in the game” to describe the complications and stresses inherent in being a kingpin in the Baltimore drug trade? If you have no idea what the crap I’m talking about, The Wire, aka the sweetest show ever, is about crime and policing in the age of post-industrial urban decay, and the characters traditionally say “all in the game” to describe the triumphs, defeats and harsh realities of operating in the criminal underworld. Sort of like “that’s life” or “shit happens, bra” but cooler.
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The 15 Hottest Freshmen of 2012
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Food with Lingbo Li '11: Cuisine with a Kick
Cuisine with a Cranium
Lingbo Li takes her turn at mindful eating.
By LINGBO LI
Sunday, May 24, 2009 9:15 PM
It was about as big as a White Castle slider patty. It was crowned with the bright yellow of poached quail egg and a magenta flower.
It was a calves brain, and I was about to eat it.
Building the Public Domain
Charles R. Nesson ’60, the self-styled “Dean of Cyberspace,” makes news and stirs controversy with his unconventional tactics in the fight against the RIAA
By CHRISTIAN B. FLOW
The deposition of Joel Tenenbaum, alleged file-downloader, alleged file-sharer, took place at 9:15 on a Wednesday morning late last September, in the skyscraper-bound Boston law offices of the commercial law firm Robinson and Cole.
 Building in the Public Domain, Part II
15 Questions with Chester French
By KEVIN LIN
Last month, Harvard-grads-turned-rock-stars Chester French released their premiere album, “Love the Future.” They also made a few “colorful” additions to their online store. Alongside records, t-shirts, and stickers, dedicated fans can now purchase the “ENDURANCE Package,” which includes a work-out session with band members D.A. Wallach and Maxwell C. Drummey ’07 and a game of two-on-two basketball. The “Slumber Party Package” (you provide the sleeping bags and cartoon-themed pillowcases) features breakfast for the family prepared by the band, as well as a serenade of your mother on the ukulele. The “African Safari Package,” costs $75,000. FM interviewed the dynamic duo on their innovative marketing scheme, their new album, and their life as rock stars.
Prepping for the Big Leagues
Jason Y. Shah '11 and INeedAPencil.com are changing SAT prep, one kid at a time.
By H. ZANE B. WRUBLE
For most college students, the formerly dreaded SAT has become nothing more than an irrelevant number from the past. But for Jason Y. Shah ’11, the plight of SAT prep for high school students is the basis of his enterprise, INeedAPencil.com. Unlike more famous companies such as Kaplan and Princeton Review, which often charge several hundred dollars for a preparatory course, is geared toward low-income and underprivileged students.
Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Tired of the Square? Need to get far, far, away from Lamont? The Outing Club will show the way.
By KATE A BOROWITZ
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Reading period? Drinking period? Catching up on Gossip Girl period?
Move aside trayless dining, looks like Harvard’s onto a more convenient way to save the environment. Katharine (“Katie”) S. Walter ’10 and Karen A. McKinnon ’10, co-chairs of Harvard’s Environmental Action Committee (EAC), have enabled students to expend their eco-friendly energy in a much easier way. In fact, it’s as simple as riding a bike—a bike that’s made entirely out of salvaged and recycled parts, that is.
House: Quincy
Statistics 08-09 (Year by the Numbers)
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