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...worst part for me about this decision is having to select a concentration because I would like to wander a bit through the halls of academia. "Clueless" is a word that only begins to describe me in selecting a topic area in which I will invest half of my Harvard courses taking. I love literature, art, history and languages. My issue is being uncertain about where I fit in within the departmental structure. Do I take a major I will enjoy, or one that is practical? Should I concentrate in a subject area that is easy...
Students could choose to visit sites in medicine and science, law, business, academia or non-profit administration...
...mistake my argument for a Gingrich-esque nostalgic diatribe. Nor do I mean to present an overly romanticized portrait of Main Street USA complete with smiling postman and a penny candy store. Rather, in an age when the preservation, maintenance and respect of cultures are exalted in academia and elsewhere, I find it odd that the American small town has not been privileged with the same endangered status afforded to other components of American multiculturalism. If we are not careful, gossipy barber shops and other Main Street institutions will find themselves relegated to historical theme parks. For now, only...
Minority students will continue to have an extra incentive to pursue careers in academia due to the renewal of Harvard's Mellon Minority Undergraduate Fellowship Program last Monday...
Seltzer came back to Harvard and, more generally, to academia to teach. When asked what it's like to stand up in front of a group of Harvard students and teach them about computing, Seltzer--dressed in blue jeans and a t-shirt--rocks back in her computer chair and howls: "It is a trip. It is a real trip...