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...Summers has sketched. Instead, Summers’ audacious approach, far more than the specifics of his views, may be his greatest legacy to Harvard. His approach has already laid the groundwork for a science-oriented, interdisciplinary campus in Allston and encouraged members of the Harvard College Curricular Review to adopt the same interdisciplinary approach to introductory undergraduate courses. It was the president’s outspokenness that spurred even the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), which for the past year has defined itself in opposition to Summers, to assert itself in ways that will have a lasting influence...
...gender identity,” responding to student activism for transgender rights. At Commencement 25 years ago, the Class of 1981 marshals distributed letters to graduates pleading with them to withhold donations to the College until the Faculty of Arts and Sciences reversed its refusal to adopt a policy of nondiscrimination toward gay students and faculty.For an institution now noted for its liberal thinking and tolerance, the atmosphere at Harvard then for gay people was ambivalent at best. Although much of today’s tolerance can be traced back to the activism of this seminal year, 1981 was just...
More than half of all foster teens who get adopted are adopted by their foster parents. All states require prospective foster parents and those who adopt from the foster-care system to take a training program to prepare them for issues that range from coping with the horrors of sexual or physical abuse to the banalities of eating dinner as a family or observing curfews. But parents who have taken the courses say they are only somewhat useful. "Nothing prepares you for when the child comes into your home," says Shirley Williams, who adopted two teenagers last fall. Still...
...prom night, Vonda remembers fondly that Karla was worried more about whether Vonda was hurt than about the car. In fact, for the first several months, things went so well that one evening Vonda sat Karla and Dale down in the living room and asked whether they would adopt her even though she was about to turn 18. "I wanted a place to always come home to," she says. "In a foster home, once you're 18, you're out." Recalls Dale, a sculptor: "She said she wanted a family that would always be there for her and for somebody...
...Hamas leaders have also previously said that their willingess to adopt such a position will have little bearing on the situation, since Israel has no intention of withdrawing to those borders. Neither side wants to appear to be a spoiler, so each is usually willing to go through the motions, knowing full well they probably won't lead anywhere...