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...alleged disenfranchisement of students distasteful, but the ideals on which he makes his claims are misguided. Harvard students are truly privileged with some of the greatest opportunities of any students in the world. The sense of entitlement with which Petersen claimed students have been wronged must have made the alumni present at the ceremony truly disturbed. The image portrayed of Harvard students to the many heads of universities who look to Harvard as an example was certainly unfavorable...
...today. But I am grateful to them for much more – for all that they have given to Harvard and for what each of them has given so generously to me—advice, wisdom, support. I am touched by the greetings from staff, faculty, students, alumni, universities, from our honorable Governor, and from the remarkable John Hope Franklin, who has both lived and written history. I am grateful to the community leaders from Boston and Cambridge who have come to welcome their new neighbor. I am a little stunned to see almost every person that...
...universities like Harvard and its peers, those represented by so many of you here today, are beloved by alumni who donate billions of dollars each year, are sought after by students who struggle to win admission, and, in fact, are deeply revered by the American public. In a recent survey, 93 percent of respondents considered our universities “one of [the country’s] most valuable resources.” Abroad, our universities are admired and emulated; they are arguably the American institution most respected by the rest of the world...
...could also read during the inauguration festivities. “And I said, ‘Are you kidding?’” Faust exclaimed. The evening’s concert in Sanders featured a performance by the Kuumba Singers as well as individual acts by alumni. Pianist Robert D. Levin ’68 wowed the audience with a celebratory improvisation, in which he assigned specific letters of the alphabet to the keys on the piano and composed a song using only the keys that corresponded with the letters in Faust’s full name. Actor...
...sending press kits.”But not everyone in HCSUCS has to feel the pressure. Matthew I. Bohrer ’10, in his second year with HCSUCS, is excited by the group’s success in so quickly tapping into a base of alumni.“We’re trying to create something that people can make into a career if they want,” says Bohrer. “Or not.”SLAYING THE DRAGONMeanwhile, back in Cambridge, HCSUCS’s new generation is testing out their chops.It...