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Rena Xu

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Dropping the H-Bomb

If someone had asked me before freshman year what I planned to do upon arriving at Harvard, my answer would


Words, Words, Words

If John Kerry is a flip-flop, then President Bush is a stiletto driven straight into my heart. Language presents us


No Scholar Left Behind

WASHINGTON—Let this serve as fair warning—good news rarely entertains. Recently, the 2004 U.S. Presidential Scholars gathered in the nation’s capital


The Perils of Tolerating Discrimination

By Rena Xu What do Gays and Asians have in common? Details Magazine has proven quite well-versed on this subject.


Real Girls in a Barbie World

Carrie Bradshaw, heroine of TV’s “Sex and the City,” famously remarked in the episode where she models for a New


Remember the Iraqis

The role of the American soldier has stood in great prominence since the invasion of Iraq more than a year