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...yesterday. Schauer will replace the center’s current director and founder, Dennis F. Thompson, who is stepping down after 20 years at the helm. “Twenty years seems like a natural time to leave. Also, both symbolically and practically, it worked to have Bok, who appointed me initially, come back and appoint my successor,” said Thompson, who is also the Whitehead professor of political philosophy. The Safra Center is dedicated to the multidisciplinary study of how people resolve the ethical conflicts faced in public and professional life, according to the center?...
...over the past few months: his reversals on abortion, which have made him acceptable to many pro-life Republicans. Prior to the campaign, he opposed a ban on partial-birth abortion (which he now favors) and considered the Roe v. Wade ruling "good constitutional law" (he now promises to appoint strict constructionists--code for overturning Roe). While still nominally pro-choice, he has positioned himself as effectively pro-life...
...letter posted online Monday, Knowles writes that “most of the net growth in the next few years…will be in the sciences and engineering.” Harvard will only continue to appoint new social science professors to replace the ones who are departing. Of course, if wealthy donors want to endow professorships in the social sciences, FAS won’t turn them down. But Knowles’ message to the overcrowded, understaffed social science departments was clear: Relief...
...Other G.O.P. candidates have said they would appoint federal judges "in the mold" of Chief Justice Roberts and Associate Justices Scalia, Thomas and Alito. What type of judges would you appoint? -Bill Murphy Salt Lake City, Utah People who believe that the purpose of the judiciary is not to make law but to properly apply it. My own personal hero on the court is Scalia, not least because I duck-hunted with...
...secure such input, Faust should institutionalize the voice of students through the appointment of an official, standing student advisory board. Such a body, comprised of diverse leaders from the student community would enable Faust to hear the voice of students on a regular basis and would increase the communication and understanding between the administration and students. Whether or not she chooses to appoint an official student advisory board for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Dean Search may signal the type of leader she will be for undergraduates. We truly hope that she will take bold steps in this...