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February
9, 2001
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| Go Ahead and Embrace Your Ennui |
Benson, Beltramini respond |
The Tom and Nicole breakup, or why the N.Y. Times should be free | |||
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"The
best four years of your life" rhetoric is a fundraising ploy to
induce a nostalgia that will pry open the coffers of alumni. So
forget it. Positive thinking is healthy, but over romanticizing,
even mythologizing, the college experience, isn't. |
Kitty
Sullivan's report last week on the Health Center outlined the more
important changes that have occurred since the summer in our staffing
and service model. Her discussion will hopefully clarify some of
the confusion that has surrounded these changes. |
The
other day I was walking down a hallway in my dorm when I stopped
to read what someone had written on their dry-erase board. It was
late at night so I can't quote precisely, but it said something
along the lines of "NEWS: Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman are separating,"
and then went on to bemoan the breakup of Hollywood's supercouple.
Later that night, I was speaking to some friends from home and generously
shared my newfound knowledge. "Yeah, I heard that a few days ago,"
one said. "I know!!!" exclaimed another. "I think someone told me
that yesterday." "Old news." OLD NEWS???? How had I not heard this
earlier? What was wrong with me? Is the Bowdoin bubble that impenetrable? |
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