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...Jewish participants in, say, the sub-prime mortgage crisis have been more virtuous than non-Jews. But both are inclined to analyse it through the lens of Jewish law, especially regarding proper financial disclosure, on which so much of the current fiasco has hinged. Here are some of the ancient principles they feel are applicable to today's bad news...
...There really is nothing to look forward to in this game. Penn is a mediocre team that was fortunate enough to play Dartmouth in its first Ivy League game and so now it sits in a tie for first place in the Ancient Eight despite having a 1-2 record. Now the Quakers are fortunate enough to play Georgetown in a game that means nothing other than a confidence boost for Penn...
...It’s a question as old as warfare. With the assistance of arward-winning playwright Ellen McLaughlin, students at the Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at the American Repertory Theatre have been tackling this question, drawing on extensive field research and the themes surrounding war since the ancient Greeks. “Ajax in Iraq,” McLaughlin’s new original play being performed at the Zero Arrow Theatre this weekend, is the culmination of their studies, exploring the post-traumatic stress associated with the hardships accounted in war. The group has been working...
...painted eyes of a thousand commemorated individuals looking down on us from the walls of dining halls, libraries, and common rooms may do more than chronicle the university’s history. “They construct a male Harvard, an important Harvard, an ancient Harvard,” historian and University Professor Laurel T. Ulrich says. “Harvard has done so little to acknowledge its broader history...
...Wary that a 0-2 start in league play could be disastrous, the Crimson will now attempt to even its Ancient Eight record and rediscover what helped it to last year’s Ivy championship, while the Big Red is certainly motivated by its sixth-place ranking in the preseason Ivy League media poll...