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7 Types of UC Candidates

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Harvard freshmen, it’s that time again: UC elections are in full swing. You, the voter, have an important decision to make. Who will represent you on the UC, to make sure that your oh-so-significant problems get heard? You have to choose.

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Here are a few candidates you might encounter on the campaign trail.', [])

Twerking? Not So Fast, Harvard.

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As Harvard students, we like to stay pretty informed. Crisis in Syria? We got it. New iPhone 5C release? We got it. Cheating scandal? We got that too. Twerking? Well, we don't really got that. While most of the world critiqued Miley Cyrus' twerking at the 2013 VMAs, Harvard students are still concentrating on the basics. To the disappointment of many, the Class of 2017 was not asked in the freshman survey how they would rate their twerking abilities—however, it is clear from a scientific study of a night out in Cambridge that all Harvard students could use a quick tutorial.", [])

5 Questions You’ve Got About Larry Summers, Answered

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You\'ve probably heard by now that Former University President Larry Summers has withdrawn his name from consideration for the Chairmanship of the Federal Reserve. But you may be wondering why so many people at Harvard care, or perhaps you\'re just curious about what the Fed Chair does, anyway. You shouldn\'t have to ask those questions out loud, so Flyby\'s asked them for you here; and better yet, we\'ve provided answers.', [])

Get Punched

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Punch season is upon us. From my extensive experience (La Vie accidentally gave me an invitation addressed to another girl once) I am more than qualified to advise sophomores looking to get into a final club. So here are some tips.', [])

Campus Currencies: A Detailed Breakdown

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I’ve spent time recently in Lamont Cafe, Annenberg, and Pennypacker basement, despite not being a freshman (extenuating circumstances for each, I swear!), and I’ve overheard way too many conversations to this effect:

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“Did you know Harvard gives us money to buy burritos??”

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“I heard that, but I want to save money to do laundry…”

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Actually, that's not quite how it works. Here’s a detailed breakdown of our campus currencies—not that we should need it, but we evidently do.", [])

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Boy Bands We Never Want to Hear Again

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When it was announced that Justin Timberlake was to receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, rumors swirled that an \'N SYNC reunion was imminent. And it was with great excitement and anticipation that viewers watched Timberlake go back to his roots, even if it only lasted for a couple of minutes. \'N SYNC\'s reunion came in the wake of those of fellow fellow boy bands like the Backstreet Boys—who will play Boston on Saturday at MIXFest—and New Kids on the Block.

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But would all \'90s boy bands be welcomed back with open arms by the public? Here are some that should remain in obscurity for the sake of music:', [])

'Disgusting Things' and Disappearing Squirrels at Yale, Free Condoms at Penn

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The quick and dirty about what\'s been going on around the Ancient Eight.

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With class back up and running in the Ivy League, there\'s plenty of news—and plenty of gossip.

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In fact, Yale administrators themselves may be feeding the gossip with their vague references to apparently unsavory events. According to the Yale Daily News\'s Cross Campus Blog, a recent email from Saybrook College\'s Master to residents of the College referenced "weird, creepy and (frankly) disgusting things" that had been happening in the laundry room of late. While he didn\'t specify just what these disgusting things were, he wrote, "I can\'t imagine why someone would do those things, but it has got to stop." Yalies, you disgust us.

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Second Place? Really?

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For the first time in popular memory, Harvard University has fallen to Number Two on the U.S. News & World Report\'s annual list of the nation\'s top colleges.

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Sadly, this year Harvard was unable to earn its traditional perfect score of 100, dropping instead to a lowly 99, while the Princeton Tigers edged out the competition and received a perfect score.', [])

What To Do When You Didn't Win the Lottery

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So the course of your dreams—convenient time slot, knocks out a Gen Ed, cross-counts for concentration credit—has been lotteried, and the professor writes to you: "Looking forward to a great semester of this class—except without you in it." No need to panic just yet, though. On this Study Card Day Eve, Flyby\'s got you covered.

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Put Up With Your Noisy Neighbor

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It's 1 a.m. and you're trying to sleep, but the kids next door are being loud and rambunctious. You can't tell them to quiet down, because you want to look fun-loving, but you also cannot put up with it, because you are, in fact, not fun-loving. So here are some tips to help you deal with the noise in an effective manner that will not ruin your reputation as someone who enjoys deafening noises and doesn't need to sleep—because somehow vampires and insomniacs are still trendy.

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Baby Squirrel Deals with Attachment Issues

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The baby squirrel that has been frequenting Kirkland Courtyard of late does not appear to have made any strides in his development of self-dependency. In addition to continued displays of freakish domestication and unnatural levels of comfort around humans, the squirrel is now laying claim to backpacks and does not appear to be leaving any time soon.

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We can only hope that his lack of any real-world survival skills will eventually rid us of this problem.

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Greenblatt and Vendler Weigh In: What if We Abolished English Tomorrow?

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Attention sophomores thinking about concentrating in English: Stop reading op-eds. This summer, it seems like English—not to mention most disciplines in the humanities—have been denigrated and abused by columnists, cash-strapped universities, and graphs everywhere.

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Despite the fervor over this certain oncoming apocalypse, level heads still exist: In a recent piece for\xa0The New Yorker, Adam Gopnik\xa0writes, "If we abolished English majors tomorrow, Stephen Greenblatt and Stanley Fish and Helen Vendler\xa0would not suddenly be freed to use their smarts to start making quantum proton-nuclear reactor cargo transporters, or whatever; they would all migrate someplace where they could still talk Shakespeare and Proust and the rest."

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But where would that place be? Flyby decided to find out.', [])

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