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Vol. I, Issue 19
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Published 03.29.04
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Dear Student
Dean Cox Talks Cents
Malcolm Cox
I'm writing in response to the petition sent to the Medical School
leadership and President Summers, and also published in last week's
edition of The Weekly Murmur. One of the messages that came
through clearly is your desire to better understand how the Medical
School prioritizes spending and manages costs. Perhaps the best way to
achieve this would be a town meeting at which we would provide an
overview of the School's budget and present the rationale behind the
tuition increase...
Opinion
My Pilgrimage to SF City Hall
During our recent spring break I found myself yearning to go home to San
Francisco. Possibly stimulated by the early March snowfall in Boston and
the 70 degree weather in SF, I decided to follow Horace Greeley's advice
to go west, young man. After arriving in SF and changing out of my
sweater and cords into shorts and a t-shirt I found myself drawn downtown
by some deep, inner force. 'Go to the epicenter, see where the tsunami
began' my id said and therefore I hopped on the new BART connection from
SFO and got off at Civic Center. As I emerged into the splendor of the
California sun, my new Mecca loomed large ahead of me...
Opinion
Match for Money or Love?
The match list for HMS Class of 2004 came out last week. Out of 170 or so
people, 8 are going into Dermatology, 12 into Ophthalmology, and 15 into
Radiology. A cynic might say that these specialties are chosen out of
proportion among possible career choices among HMS graduates because of
their high salaries and "easier" responsibilities...
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Spring
Vanessa Henke
A Delicious Matzah Ball
Allon Beck
Passover is my favourite holiday of the year, and it's coming up soon
(beginning April 5th). For Jews, it's a time when families and friends
really get together, go through the several-hour ritual of the Passover
Seder, fight with their kids over when they're allowed to eat (usually
you sit at the table for two hours before you actually get to the
meal part)
and stuff themselves
with very odd food...
Fresh Cut
An Affair to Remember:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Arash Mostaghimi
In Annie Hall, Woody Allen likens relationships to the joke about
the man who complains to a psychiatrist about his brother who thinks he's
a chicken. When the psychiatrist asks why the man hasn't sent his
brother to a mental hospital, the man's answer is...
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