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Senator Brown Chides Harvard on ROTC
… In recent days, Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts has taken Harvard President Drew Faust to task for not welcoming ROTC programs onto the Harvard campus. (Harvard undergraduates who wish to … priorities "upside down." Brown contrasted Harvard's policy of not hosting an ROTC program with Faust's advocacy of the …
Uncommon Space
… The plaza between Harvard Yard and the Science Center has … nights and other performances, and a trilevel planting of ginkgo trees, sumacs, and ferns to soften the Science Center facade and provide shade and …
Issue: September-October 2013
Tough Turkeys
… with passers-by." Turkeys are menacing innocent students at the Business School. “Large female wild turkey…trots after … student newspaper, is much energized by the turkeys, of whom there are at least two. Why are the turkeys here? Writes an editor, “It is doubtful that, like many of us, the turkeys are here to find rich husbands, …
Issue: March-April 2008
Adjudicating Sexual-Assault Cases
… seriously those alleging sexual assault—the College's Administrative Board sought, and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) on May 7 granted, a new procedure … has investigated humanitarian disasters and crises worldwide. Park said she would serve on the committee, …
Issue: July-August 2002
"If you don't move forward-you begin to move backward"
… In a speech at Harvard on December 4, Mikhail Gorbachev, the man who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its … world leaders to place nuclear disarmament at the top of their agendas. Because a key weapons treaty is set to … or extending it have not begun, “The responsibility of the current two presidents is very great,” Gorbachev said …
Outside Interests
… There are some ways in which Harvard College, for all its … careers after graduation.) They try, with varying degrees of success, to have romantic interests and social lives. But … Harvard's 41 varsity teams, male and female--to say nothing of the junior varsity and intramural teams--were performing …
Medicine for an Ailing Democracy
… Ask people in America whether “the people” rule, and “most would find the idea … to suffering. It is to betray the very promise at the core of the institution. It is to reveal, in a word, that the institution has been corrupted. Lessig, who is Furman professor of law at Harvard Law School, argues that the …
Zakaria Penalized for Plagiarism…and Reinstated
… affairs expert Fareed Zakaria, Ph.D. ’93, LL.D. ’12, the principal speaker at last June’s Commencement , was … from an article, “ Battleground America ,” by Kemper professor of American history Jill Lepore , that appeared in the April …
Amy Poehler to Speak on Class Day
… Comic actress Amy Poehler will be the Senior Class Day speaker on May 25. Currently a star of the NBC series Parks and Recreation, Poehler previously spent eight years in the cast of Saturday Night Live, where in one skit during the 2008 …
Amending Undergraduate Academics
… Working its way through an unusually full academic agenda at the faculty meeting on March 1, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) held initial discussions of proposals to change how undergraduates register for …
“There’s Nothing Beyond Our Capacity”
… address to Harvard College seniors by whipping out a pair of shades, bringing College dean Rakesh Khurana to the podium, and saying, “We’re going to break the Internet.” … the Hong Kong Restaurant, scorpion bowls, and the net worth of Mark Zuckerberg (the next day’s featured speaker), the …
e-Harvard.400
… started as a small local seminary. Students and faculty got there by foot, boat, or horseback. Information arrived the … Harvard became a university to the nation. With the arrival of the jet plane, it reached the world. How should the new, powerful means of electronic communication shape Harvard’s scope? They have …
Issue: September-October 2011
“Our Virtues Are Written on Our Hearts”
… After sharing s ome opening remarks with the Harvard Kennedy School’s class of 2018 and their guests, Dean Douglas Elmendorf set the … and disagreement from others. The same is certainly true of those represented in this tent today. One of the …
Advice on Art and Life from Yo-Yo Ma
… with a composition--and he encouraged listeners to think of their lives, too, as compositions, with underlying themes … first small steps toward implementing an expanded embrace of the arts at Harvard--measures ultimately intended to help …
Cue: Costume Change
… How many people would discard a tenured professorship and a Leverett House mastership to pursue a fledgling career as an operatic bass at the age of 43? "The thought of abandoning Harvard seemed kind of …
Issue: September-October 2002