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...must admit, I have a personal attachment to this episode of heckling gone too far. Frank Cohen is my roommate, and I am close friends with a number of other players on both the men’s and women’s squash teams. So yes, I took an interest in this incident as a friend...

Author: By Jay M. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: PARTING SHOT: Leave the Heckling at Home | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

This effort was also driven by half a century of work by the Admissions Office to identify, recruit, and admit talented students of all backgrounds. Among the first National Scholars was Fred L. Glimp ’50, a proud Idaho native, whose visionary leadership as Dean of Admissions from 1960-1967 provided considerable momentum for this work. Chase N. Peterson ’52 from the state of Utah served as dean from 1967-1972 and led minority recruitment to new heights. And L. Fred Jewett ’57 from Taunton, Mass. ushered in the current era, urging...

Author: By Sarah C. Donahue, William R. Fitzsimmons, and Marlyn E. McGrath | Title: Democratizing Harvard | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

However, Harvard continues to admit a few students from Nigeria each year, some of whom plan to return to their native country...

Author: By Laura G. Mirviss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Recruits Nigerian Students | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...admit that we held some high expectations for you seniors going in. You were supposed to resist traditional consulting to go into non-profit consulting. You were supposed to wrest the seat of power from old white men and give it to young white men. I was also expecting more of you to get fluent in Spanish. I guess I shouldn’t be mad, just disappointed...

Author: By John F. Bowman | Title: Harvard Will Get Better Once the Seniors are Gone | 5/26/2010 | See Source »

...legally targeted in France, not to mention Belgium and Italy as well. Although pointed to by politicians as a dangerous new social problem, the practice is extremely rare. Even those who speak in favor of banning what the proposed law calls “public facial dissimulation” admit that the phenomenon is extremely marginal. Initial government intelligence reports named 367 documented cases. And, according to the Ministry of the Interior, no more than 2,000 women in France wear an “integral veil.” But for Gérin and others, these numbers...

Author: By Judith Surkis | Title: The Tip of the Iceberg | 5/26/2010 | See Source »

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