Word: argument
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...argument, in some form, has been made so many times it has become a cliché. If we pressure Harvard to divest from a company doing business with a genocidal government, next thing you know we’ll be going after T-bills. We shouldn’t weigh the merits of this particular case because we’d be setting a precedent that might lead us to do something stupid in the future. Apparently Harvard students can’t be trusted to realize that a T-bills campaign is qualitatively different than a campaign focused...
...This ridiculous argument contains a small nugget of truth. Matt Mahan, one of the Senior Gift Plus organizers, has suggested that Senior Gift Plus will help students think critically about how they give money. I’m not worried that “thinking critically” will turn into “T-bills Divestment Campaign,” but critical thinking may threaten Harvard’s fundraising. Harvard will never be the world’s neediest cause. With an endowment second only to the Catholic Church, Harvard can’t tug the heart strings...
Bull, I say. I know a little bit about game theory—thanks Dave—and this is the classic prisoner’s dilemma argument: you can’t quit if other people won’t. But guess what? You’re not prisoners, you can talk to each other. Cultures change when people decide to change them...
...methodology and lexicon that they can apply broadly to writing assignments. These techniques, outlined in the Harvard Writing Center’s “Strategies for Essay Writing” hand-outs, can be used to dissect essay prompts, analyze texts, develop a thesis, and construct an argument...
...methodology and lexicon that they can apply broadly to writing assignments. These techniques, outlined in the Harvard Writing Center’s “Strategies for Essay Writing” hand-outs, can be used to dissect essay prompts, analyze texts, develop a thesis, and construct an argument...