Word: academicability
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He beat the bully. Myles Brand, the NCAA president who died Sept. 16 at 67, will always be remembered as the man who finally fired Bobby Knight. For years, the basketball coach's boorish behavior had embarrassed Indiana University, of which Brand was president. After Brand bounced Knight in 2000...
All of the eulogies emphasized a common theme: not only was Beer an accomplished academic, but he also cared about the people who he collaborated with.
But whether students remember it or not, they’re all here by choice. And most do experience bursts of academic excitement in specific areas of interest. Ask a senior thesis writer to describe his topic, and once he stops ranting about how overwhelmed he’ll be...
Even thesis writers who can’t claim a specific need to access labs or archives could have compelling reasons to be allowed on campus. The Harvard campus is an incomparable working environment for many students. In creating the new January break and moving exams to before winter recess...
The right of varsity athletes to stay has gone unchallenged—perhaps for good reason—but the university should not forget its core academic priorities. Harvard prides itself on all types of achievement, academic and athletic, and it should not have to sacrifice one for the other...