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...editors: In his recent piece on the implications of cutting U.S. aid to the Palestinian people (“Wielding Aid Against Democracy,” op-ed, Apr. 6), David DeBartolo demonstrated a rare grasp of the intricacies of aid politics and the importance of far-sightedness and cultural insight in U.S. foreign policy. As an American Harvard graduate employed by a U.S.-funded program for humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians, I live the new post-Palestinian election reality, in which Palestinians feel rightly proud of holding successful democratic elections (despite an ongoing military occupation) and hopeful that...
...editors: Re: “Virtual Veritas,” magazine, Apr. 13. Those who scoff at Harvard Extension School’s distance education program merely underscore their limited understanding of education today. Harvard College students are wrong to assume that Harvard Extension School students can’t get an equally great education online, outside the traditional classroom, as those who have the opportunity to study on campus. The Harvard Extension School proves that a great American education is possible in more ways than one. JEREMIAH D. BRAUNLIN Ulster Park, N.Y. April...
...editors: The Crimson staff recently reacted to the University’s announcement of its presidential search committee by saying that students “have too small a role in the upcoming presidential search” (“In Search of Input,” editorial, Apr. 7). This is most certainly true. Particularly, the voices of the nearly 13,000 students attending Harvard’s eleven graduate and professional schools of Harvard need to be fully represented in the coming presidential search. This is the unanimous declaration by the presidents of the eleven graduate and professional...
...editors: In her column, “Stripper Ergo...Rape?” (Apr. 12), Ashton R. Lattimore makes a commendable effort to address the disturbing cultural tendency to “explain” the crime and blame the rape victim. But the Duke lacrosse situation is not, thus far, a Jane Doe case. Lattimore’s concern—that the media firestorm has played a major role in discrediting the alleged victim, an exotic dancer—has been substantially outweighed by the thorough vilification of the ostensibly rich, white, privileged team members and the elitist...
...editors: I think that Mark Adomanis’ comment today (“Foreign Affairs,” Apr. 3) voices an ignorant viewpoint. His claim that semesters or years spent overseas offer only drinking stories and bragging rights is not reflective of the study abroad experience in general. That many return with such shallow stories is undeniable, and makes one sorry for the “quarter of the college career lost;” but then again, what would those same people have been doing so differently back home that would “maintain America?...