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...recovery of Haiti. The story is compelling. It helps one become more attentive to the diverse aspects of different countries’ economic and social conditions, to perhaps better understand why aid sometimes does not work as intended, and to appreciate the generous and proud spirit that can survive amidst poverty...
Faust announced in December that the University would be halting construction of its $1 billion Allston Science Complex, the centerpiece of Harvard's planned 50-year expansion into Allston, due to financial troubles. Harvard's endowment shrunk by 30 percent last year amidst the recession...
Later at the CSA National Championships in New Haven, Conn., the team entered with a 9-0 record and a target on its back as the top seed. Over the weekend, Harvard beat Williams, Yale, and finally Penn to win the national title amidst excitement and tears...
When I had the signal opportunity to chair construction of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C., Harvard graduates ensured that amidst the huge ten-year controversy its construction continued without fail. Each Harvard alumnus who participated gave hundreds of hours of devotion and time. The Atlantic Monthly Editor James M. Fallows ’70, a former President of The Harvard Crimson, in two hours wrote and placed an op-ed in the Washington Post to blow the whistle on an egregious move by opponents of the design. People with connections to Harvard were numerous among those...
...campus is probably the least-hospitable environment for antiquated shows of social inequality. Be it the youthful spirit of progressivism, the rebellious disposition of young adults, or simply an ignorance of the realist demands of life not-yet-faced, college students do not have a reputation for sitting still amidst social injustice. The “Z-list” is one example of an institutional structure designed with little concern for socially equitable outcomes that has met with considerable animosity in recent months...