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...failure to behave with the maturity and responsibility expected” of Harvard students.Not all students felt pressure from the law—many who used their cars infrequently left their autos across the river at the Business School. And the system could be circumvented, with some students increasingly adept at finding spots near the Houses. “I learned which streets near my house (Lowell) or near the Crimson got ‘loose’ at what hours on what days,” David Royce ’56, who is a former Crimson editor, writes...
...boom politics are rutted and irrelevant. The perpetual culture wars between Republican and Democrats, the legacy of Vietnam and racial, gender, sexual-preference and religious militancy have all become poisonous diversions from the very serious national conversation that needs to take place. We baby boomers have not proved very adept at running the show. It may well be time for a new generation of leadership...
...costs and a stalled fundraising effort. Some FAS estimates predict a budget deficit of $100 million by 2010, and the University’s planned capital campaign has been put on hold in light of Summers’ resignation.During their first terms, both Bok and Knowles were known as adept fundraisers, and Knowles was credited with eliminating an $11.7 million FAS deficit during his tenure.“These are the two men who have raised the most money of anyone in Harvard’s history,” said Gomes. “The donors are likely...
...college students, social life is defined by debauchery: drunken football tailgates, “Anything But Clothes” parties, and meaningless one-night hookups. At Harvard, however, students complain that the outlets for those primal urges are limited. There are Final Clubs for the few who are suitably adept at drinking wine and eating cheese. There is a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine for the few who can fit in the cookie-cutter shape of the publication’s officer core. But for the majority of Harvardians...
...Mafia ties until the trial is over. "We have other problems to worry about," he said. "Borsellino seems like a sheep surrounded by wolves." Still, few deny the Mafia's unique grip on Sicilian society. Across the region, and stretching up to Rome, the Mafia has long been adept at playing politics - applying both hard and soft tactics. Over the years, gangsters have intermittently gunned down crusading lawmakers, priests and magistrates, but more often Cosa Nostra looks to forge secret (and peaceful) links with the political establishment. The most shocking allegation of such collusion was, in fact, embodied...