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...about this institution which range from adamantly negative to lukewarmly neutral to euphorically ecstatic. Those who have hated it here did so because their interaction with the ghosts and the living beings who make up the best of this place was minimal, replaced instead by bureaucratic frustration, poor or absent advising, and a belief that Harvard didn't care about them as individuals. Those who have loved it here did so because through a combination of a lot of luck and some purpose, they spent four years surrounded by people--professors, friends and colleagues--who have changed the way they...
...what was traditionally the highlight of the Strawberry Tea--the awarding of the Jonathan Fay Prize--was conspicuously absent...
...Absent any theme for students to rally around, the creation of cohesive residential communities is left to the talents and efforts of the individual adults in residence--in Harvard's case, the House masters...
...Absent from Kabala's account the possible devastating consequences should warming theory be true: floods, disease, famine, severe economic dislocation and rapid species loss. Even most fossil fuel companies understand the necessity of moving toward alternative fuels and renewable energies. Clearly they, unlike Kabala, understand the risk is not worth taking...
Seltzer was tenured because she was an outstanding candidate and a noted academic in her field. The fact that she embodies so many of the characteristics so noticeably absent among many Harvard faculty members--teaching excellence among them--is secondary to this fact. However, her tenure indicates that programs which exist to make academia friendlier to working parents--not to mention the recognition given to professors who are teachers and mentors as well as great minds--can eliminate some of the non-academic pitfalls in the tenure process...