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Ignatieff’s decision to take a position at his alma mater has also ignited speculation that he may be eyeing a run for the leadership of Canada’s Liberal Party. In Canadian elections, the leader of the party that wins a majority in the House of Commons becomes the country’s prime minister...
Harvard has also been wise in opting to waive tuition for these displaced students. As most such students have already paid their fall tuitions at their native New Orleans colleges, the tuition waiver spares these students from demanding a tuition refund from their devastated alma maters. Obviously, for many students waiving tuition would also be a necessary condition of attending Harvard this fall, so the tuition waiver is doubly appropriate...
...People vs. Harvard Law, Andrew Peyton Thomas puts his alma mater on trial for sacrificing free speech on its campus in the name of political correctness. His readers shouldn’t be surprised if they come away from the book with a guilty verdict...
Other former colleagues spoke last week of a King rarely seen by the public. In a discussion at Atlanta's Morehouse College, King's alma mater, Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young recounted how his mentor used to joke with his lieutenants about the violence they faced on the road, launching into mock eulogies of his aides, embellishing his speeches with ridiculous details about "the deceased." Remembered the mayor: "He had us rolling on the floor. He made us laugh so much at the possibility of dying that we weren't afraid...
Whatever one may think of Summers himself, it’s hard to argue these renderings are anything but damaging; few alumni would wish to see their alma mater so virulently buffooned in the media. “Harvard alumni want to feel proud of their president, and they don’t want to keep defending him or apologizing for him,” says Richard Bradley, author of the recently released “Harvard Rules,” an analysis of Summers’ early tenure as president...