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...Allston signals a significant alteration in the University’s physical presence. And the efforts to draw together Harvard’s fractious faculties under a stronger central administration have placed greater control in the hands of a visionary president. Summers was chosen as a man of action??-to leave an indelible stamp on the University by making wise use of its financial, physical and academic resources. We have no doubt that he will rise to the challenge...
Likewise, when we are given facts stripped of their real-world context and replaced with an unverifiable media context, believability—and more importantly, democratic action??becomes nearly impossible. Deep in a discussion of film, Benjamin will note that the pre-recorded movie—as opposed to the live stage performance “permits the audience to take the position of a critic, without experiencing any personal contact with the actor.” More importantly, it allows us to avoid becoming actors ourselves altogether...
...recent interview with The Crimson, Bollinger—a renowned First Amendment scholar and champion of affirmative action??said he does not wish to put Michigan through a search for a successor at this late a date...
...Milosevic, the international community, especially Russia, Greece and other states more friendly to Serbia, should also use diplomatic and financial pressure to encourage Milosevic’s extradition. Pressure from the international community as a whole would be better received by the Serbian government and people than unilateral U.S. action??and given that Milosevic’s trial is in the interests of world justice, every country has the responsibility to help see justice done...
Those who believe that any sincerely-held idea is a mandate for action??be they liberal, conservative, pro- or anti-disarmament, pro- or anti-affidavit—can now stand up, or sit in, and be counted...