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...celebrate a tragedy is an odd thing; it seems difficult to know whether to mourn an age or to applaud its death. The former is nostalgic, the latter ironic. Though to presume either is perhaps to overestimate the good gentlemen of the Fly, who did not think so deeply...
...sever ties between itself and large-scale social programming is not only backed by Campus Life Fellow Justin H. Haan ’05, but is sure to be well-received by the majority of Harvard undergraduates. We support the creation of an independent undergraduate social programming board and applaud the UC for endorsing this initiative. At the same time, we hope that the more entrepreneurial social programming efforts of the past year do not get lost in the restructuring.The UC overwhelmingly passed the Social Programming Act last Sunday, which states that the UC supports “institutional separation...
...dead and wounded Americans only in passing. Now that he has confessed, he should go to a VA hospital, apologize to the soldiers there and then visit families of those who died in the name of incompetence, narcissism and cultural ignorance. Paul I. Hettich Antioch, Illinois, U.S. I applaud Sullivan's confession of his regrets about the war. It takes a sound disposition to criticize long-standing personal beliefs, especially when denouncing issues that have been so artfully aligned with American patriotism. Jay B. Treloar Gainesville, Florida, U.S. Sullivan made no mention of the intense international scrutiny and pressure building...
Murder and genocide are categorically intolerable. Ultimately, it was that maxim that led Harvard to divest itself of its holdings in Sinopec, and it is why we resoundingly support and applaud Harvard’s announcement last month that it will sell its Sinopec shares...
...utility calculus can negate the fact that Harvard’s money was linked with the ultimate evil of murder. Combined with Sinopec’s larger presence in Sudan that has developed in the past year, divestment from Sinopec was the only proper course of action. We applaud the University’s divestment. That it did so before considerable student pressure developed (although a petition drive was amassing signatures) is a particularly promising sign...