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...make-up date for the finale of that series. Harvard will await the Big Green in the opening doubleheader of a four-game home-and-home series this weekend. A Crimson sweep today would mathematically eliminate the Bears, who occupied first place in the Rolfe division as recently as Apr. 15, from Ivy League Championship Series (ICS) contention. -The Crimson Staff
...editors: In her comment on Christianity at Harvard (“Goodness Gracious,” Apr. 17), Ms. Caldwell identifies a phenomenon that should not be seen as a problem. Bemoaning what she sees as an insufficient level of anger on the part of Christian students reacting to the Owl Club’s “Catholic Schoolgirl Party,” she points out that “most of Harvard’s Christians turned the other cheek despite the offensive nature of such an event.” While Ms. Caldwell longingly observes that...
...editors: Re: “Virtual Veritas,” magazine, Apr. 13. At a recent round-table discussion with students, President Summers pledged to expand the for-credit distance education programs currently offered through the Harvard Extension School. As an alumnus of the Extension School and an adjunct professor at a community college, I have no objection to non-traditional venues of higher education. I also understand and appreciate the educational potential afforded by the Internet. Nevertheless, I must part company with the outgoing President on the issue of Internet education at Harvard. The offering of Internet courses...
...editors: I read Lucy Caldwell’s comment “Goodness Gracious” (Apr. 17) and thought immediately of Mae West’s riposte that “goodness had nothing to do with it.” If Caldwell feels that Christianity is dismissed at Harvard, she might take note of who have become its most visible advocates: Fred Phelps, James Dobson, Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, and Ralph Reed. None are known for promoting Christ’s messages of love, tolerance, and generosity. Care for the poor, the sick, the sinner, and the prisoner...
...editors: You recently published an editorial (“UC, Stick to Your Guns,” Apr. 20) advocating that the Undergraduate Council (UC) not change its policy so as to make Committee on College Life-approved organizations eligible for funding on an event-by-event basis. The editorial’s assertion that student funds should “serve all Harvard students,” is inconsistent with its later approval of funding for “groups that may discriminate in some de facto manner.” Although I do not personally object, when...