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Benjamin L. Mckean

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The Beginning of the End

We have organized and won something tremendous in Harvard Yard these past three weeks. Since I entered Massachusetts Hall on


Business as Usual on Living Wage

By Benjamin L. McKean and Amy C. Offner Two-and-a-half years ago, when the Living Wage Campaign was just beginning, it


No Globalization Without Representation

In El Salvador, you can have someone killed for less than $12. That's what I discovered two weeks ago, when


Concert Review: Pop Goes the Rock Star

Over at Avalon, the creepy/yuppie club on Lansdowne St., the mindless, clamorous techno beats on. Aging rocker wannabes in the


Sharing the Wealth

This September, returning students were confronted with an odd juxtaposition of facts: Harvard administrators were settling into the comfort of


Hefner

The liner notes to Breaking God's Heart, the debut album by Scotland's Hefner, contain three injunctions, which characterize Hefner rather


The New Student Activism

A cross the nation, students at major universities have angrily occupied administration buildings and pounded on chancellors' office doors, demanding


Final Club Interrupts First Nights

A band of shirtless male ballet dancers interrupted the second largest class at Harvard yesterday by performing an excerpt from


A Steve Albini Primer for the Young Folk

SHELLAC At 84 Kingston St: October 24 1. Steve Albini has had a significant influence on rock music. He was