Comments on: Rich People Things, with Chris Lehmann: Free Fall in Crimson http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/rich-people-things-with-chris-lehmann-free-fall-in-crimson Seriously, this could not be more beta Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:03:19 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: barnhouse http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/rich-people-things-with-chris-lehmann-free-fall-in-crimson#comment-30030 barnhouse Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:00:27 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=15175#comment-30030 Yes. (I liked <i>Revolt of the Masscult</i> too btw.) Yes.

(I liked Revolt of the Masscult too btw.)

]]> By: PinkPundit http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/rich-people-things-with-chris-lehmann-free-fall-in-crimson#comment-30017 PinkPundit Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:49:41 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=15175#comment-30017 Hey, Chris - didn't you go to a college with a higher per-student endowment than Harvard? How they doing? Hey, Chris – didn't you go to a college with a higher per-student endowment than Harvard? How they doing?

]]> By: Mindpowered http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/rich-people-things-with-chris-lehmann-free-fall-in-crimson#comment-29451 Mindpowered Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:13:49 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=15175#comment-29451 Ah... but if it's in say gold bars, or better yet HEU pellets, then it is most definitely plunging. Ah… but if it's in say gold bars, or better yet HEU pellets, then it is most definitely plunging.

]]> By: SemperBufo http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/rich-people-things-with-chris-lehmann-free-fall-in-crimson#comment-29403 SemperBufo Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:28:35 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=15175#comment-29403 No body of aggregated wealth "plunges" down to $26 billion. Anywhere above--I don't know, ten million?--it's "wafting," I don't care how fast it goes. No body of aggregated wealth "plunges" down to $26 billion. Anywhere above–I don't know, ten million?–it's "wafting," I don't care how fast it goes.

]]> By: badthings http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/rich-people-things-with-chris-lehmann-free-fall-in-crimson#comment-29351 badthings Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:52:17 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=15175#comment-29351 Mike D. is correct, that is. Mike D. is correct, that is.

]]> By: badthings http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/rich-people-things-with-chris-lehmann-free-fall-in-crimson#comment-29349 badthings Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:50:33 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=15175#comment-29349 Correct. Correct.

]]> By: ProfessorBen http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/rich-people-things-with-chris-lehmann-free-fall-in-crimson#comment-29333 ProfessorBen Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:49:57 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=15175#comment-29333 Hey cool Harpers linked to this! I think unfortunately this set of problems is not isolated to Harvard or even the other ivies; almost all good schools seem at some level corrupt. Boards of regents at UC, overly paid administrators, partnerships with industry that end up selling out the public nature of research. Also: legacy admission rates. Football. Hey cool Harpers linked to this! I think unfortunately this set of problems is not isolated to Harvard or even the other ivies; almost all good schools seem at some level corrupt. Boards of regents at UC, overly paid administrators, partnerships with industry that end up selling out the public nature of research. Also: legacy admission rates. Football.

]]> By: TerseNursePornstein http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/rich-people-things-with-chris-lehmann-free-fall-in-crimson#comment-29309 TerseNursePornstein Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:04:43 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=15175#comment-29309 p.s. Love you, Lehmann! p.s. Love you, Lehmann!

]]> By: TerseNursePornstein http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/rich-people-things-with-chris-lehmann-free-fall-in-crimson#comment-29308 TerseNursePornstein Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:03:17 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=15175#comment-29308 Andrea Flores: Jacobin or anti-Jacobin? Thanks! Andrea Flores: Jacobin or anti-Jacobin? Thanks!

]]> By: mike d http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/rich-people-things-with-chris-lehmann-free-fall-in-crimson#comment-29306 mike d Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:53:46 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=15175#comment-29306 Exactly - of the people, not the patricians. Exactly – of the people, not the patricians.

]]> By: Abe Sauer http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/rich-people-things-with-chris-lehmann-free-fall-in-crimson#comment-29305 Abe Sauer Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:51:50 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=15175#comment-29305 here here here here

]]> By: Rasselas http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/rich-people-things-with-chris-lehmann-free-fall-in-crimson#comment-29302 Rasselas Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:43:58 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=15175#comment-29302 Mark Antony was a tribune of the people at one time. Mark Antony was a tribune of the people at one time.

]]> By: jfruh http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/rich-people-things-with-chris-lehmann-free-fall-in-crimson#comment-29300 jfruh Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:26:19 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=15175#comment-29300 When I was my lesser Ivy university, I took advantage of my meal plan's hot breakfast opportunity for exactly one semester until I had the "wait a minute, I can schedule all my classes for 11 am and later?" epiphany, and I imagine this is true even for most of those children-of-greater-priviledge at Harvard. When cutbacks start affecting the availability of coffee and fried cheese at 2 am -- <i>that's</i> when the riots start. When I was my lesser Ivy university, I took advantage of my meal plan's hot breakfast opportunity for exactly one semester until I had the "wait a minute, I can schedule all my classes for 11 am and later?" epiphany, and I imagine this is true even for most of those children-of-greater-priviledge at Harvard. When cutbacks start affecting the availability of coffee and fried cheese at 2 am — that's when the riots start.

]]> By: Jim Demintia http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/rich-people-things-with-chris-lehmann-free-fall-in-crimson#comment-29298 Jim Demintia Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:24:09 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=15175#comment-29298 It would be hilarious, if it weren't for all the lost jobs and the fact that Larry Summers and the rest of these wizards of finance have failed so dramatically upward. Which is a nice parable for the life trajectory of more than one Harvard student, like enough. It would be hilarious, if it weren't for all the lost jobs and the fact that Larry Summers and the rest of these wizards of finance have failed so dramatically upward. Which is a nice parable for the life trajectory of more than one Harvard student, like enough.

]]> By: mike d http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/rich-people-things-with-chris-lehmann-free-fall-in-crimson#comment-29295 mike d Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:08:02 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=15175#comment-29295 I hate to be that guy, but I've been reading some Roman history recently: isn't a Tribune - by definition - a representative of us plebs? The elites have their own officers. I hate to be that guy, but I've been reading some Roman history recently: isn't a Tribune – by definition – a representative of us plebs? The elites have their own officers.

]]> By: Abe Sauer http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/rich-people-things-with-chris-lehmann-free-fall-in-crimson#comment-29293 Abe Sauer Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:58:57 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=15175#comment-29293 Also: Harvard alumni forced to switch to pouring only off-brand bleach upon the petri dish of the new relations of erotic sociality. Also: Harvard alumni forced to switch to pouring only off-brand bleach upon the petri dish of the new relations of erotic sociality.

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