Alumni | September-October 2007 "We Need a Win" Editor’s note: More people than ever before seem to be seeking the U.S. presidency. Rather than profile alumni who are running for... Right Now | July-August 2005 The Patent Trap Patentsa form of governmental protection to prevent ideas from being sold or used by someone else without permissionhave a long and... Right Now | November-December 2004 Anti-social Societies In the mid 1800s, Alexis de Tocqueville remarked on and celebrated the multitude of social organizations that dotted the American landscape. By... Right Now | September-October 2004 Megastore Politics Wal-Mart, with its 3,500 stores across the country (as well as plans to add nearly 10 percent more in 2004), is the most visible part of the... Right Now | July-August 2004 Mugged on Park Avenue The stories of Manhattan's outrageous apartment prices are legendary: residents routinely pay through the nose for a studio roughly the size of... John Harvard's Journal | September-October 2003 Pushing Civil Rights In the spring of 1996, the appellate court decision in Hopwood v. Texas landed like a thunderclap in higher education. The Fifth Circuit, which... John Harvard's Journal | July-August 2003 What Crimson Means to Me My first Harvard memory is deciding not to go here. I had never really considered attending, but my high-school principal, a big Harvard... Right Now | July-August 2003 Sidewalk Bulwarks The 1995 truck bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City hastened a revolution in urban design and planning. Architectural terms... Alumni | May-June 2003 Athletes' Adviser Amelia Noel '92 discovered her career over a meal in Leverett House, when she realized that she enjoyed helping her athlete friends navigate... Commencement and Reunion Guide | May-June 2003 Estimable Seniors Every year, Harvard College unleashes some 1,600 fresh graduates, all full of the potential to bring their considerable education, talents, and... John Harvard's Journal | March-April 2003 Accidental Academics (Please note that I should not be writing this column: I have a thesis chapter due on Thursday and pages to go before I sleep...) Harvard... John Harvard's Journal | November-December 2002 Crimson, White, and Blue On a campus steeped in lore and history, perhaps no history is more visibly honored than that of Harvard's warriors. Since the earliest days of... Load More
