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Baratunde R. Thurston

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Why Our Class is Better Than Your Class

Howdy folks. This is it. My last column for which underclass students will be on campus. So in it I


Why I Hate TV News

Welcome to the 10 o'clock news on WSEL, your number one network for news you can use. Hey, that rhymes!


The Problem with America is Dan Quayle

Last week former vice president Dan Quayle announced his candidacy for president of the United States. While rifling through the


Why Life Is a Scam

Baratunde R. Thurston '99 is a philosophy concentrator in Lowell House. His column appears on alternate Tuesdays. It's me again


Separating the Wheat from the Chaff

I have seen some crazy things in my day as a Harvard student. Like the time back in '97 when


Seeking Asylum at the Harvard of the West

This past weekend, I escaped from Harvard. Under the guise of a "job interview" I spent several days in California


BARATUNDE R. THURSTON'S Tech Talk

Well folks, here it is--my 25th and final Tech Talk. Over the past two years, this column has been host


The World Wide What?

It was brought to my attention recently by a reader of this column that not once in the 18 months


Radcliffe Must Live

The staff has been too hasty and cursory in its call for the end of Radcliffe as we know it.