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...lazy. The experiences and obstacles faced by each minority group have varied significantly and influenced each people differently. Unlike any other minority group in the states, black Americans endured 300 years of slavery. The early 1900s were highlighted by the highest number of lynchings and murders of blacks in America??s history. Even after the civil rights era, police brutality in the inner cities instigated city-wide race riots...
...conduct inquiry into the University’s past. The mandate for such forms of research and study should not derive from higher powers, such as the President’s office. Although President Drew G. Faust is surely an educated voice on the subject of slavery entrenched within America??s history, the exploration of Harvard’s links to slavery in the past should be an inquiry that is not pushed by an institutional mandate. It should be kept in mind that Harvard as an institution was not slaveholding, but that individuals connected to Harvard were...
...when the Yard was on the outskirts of the city and the College itself was little more than a training ground for the clergy. Through all its growth and change, the University has tried to keep some of its colonial heritage intact, in line with its pride in being America??s first college, “first flower of the wilderness”. Street names such as Dunster, Holyoke, Trowbridge, Brattle, and Plympton play as much a role in this effort as the cobblestones on the sidewalks, the names and simplicity of the buildings in the Yard...
...emotionally intense lyrical duet on the theme of cheating on a loved one, to a jazzy and sassy dance set to a Britney Spears mix, to a reprise of the nationals routine. Loosely organized around the theme of television stardom, the dancers will spoof programs like “America??s Next Top Model” and “American Idol” in between numbers. After bi-weekly performances for men’s basketball and a grueling training schedule leading up to nationals—including nine hour daily practices during spring break?...
...Harvard Corporation fellow Robert E. Rubin ’60 were among the participants in a Cabinet simulation that performed a mock response to a major disruption in oil at the Institute of Politics (IOP) Forum last night. = The simulation, called Oil ShockWave, was developed jointly by Securing America??s Future Energy (SAFE) and the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School. The exercise consisted of a U.S. Cabinet responding to a worldwide oil crisis following terrorist attacks that hampered the global oil supply. The scenario, which was set to take place...