Voting into Vapor

From The September-October 2004 Issue

Published in the September-October 2004 print issue in the Right Now section.

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The 1884 Cannibalism-at-Sea Case That Still Has Harvard Talking

The Queen v. Dudley and Stephens changed the course of legal history. Here’s why it’s been fodder for countless classroom debates.

More Harvard E-mail investigations disclosed

Fallout from cheating investigation widens as additional reviews of a resident dean’s accounts are reported to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

Martin Puchner, author and professor of drama and of English

The English professor has already written three books and edited the 6,000-page third edition of the Norton Anthology of World Literature.

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