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University President Lawrence H. Summers, I’m sure, could corroborate my argument. In point of fact, “Harvard President Larry Summers questions the natural scientific aptitude of women” is more eye-catching than “Some-other-University’s President makes controversial statement...
This weekend, with no major musicians slated to perform, some students will inevitably complain. The Crimson’s editorial board has already published an argument outlining how the UC might have done a better job planning the event. But it is not for lack of trying, or even for lack of a party spirit, that Harvard’s Springfest doesn’t measure up. The one thing Harvard seems to lack is administrative support for an undergraduate Springfest. We know how to have fun. They just won?...
...argument is that the gift gets people into a habit of giving, so that they continue to donate after graduating. Another is that a high participation rate projects a sense of satisfaction among the students, inspiring alumni to give more. Neither argument holds water...
Most of Shleifer’s argument rests, predictably, on Russia’s economic indicators. He does not, however, ignore Russian politics. He explains away President Vladimir Putin’s efforts to undermine democratic institutions as perfectly ordinary activities for middle-income heads of state, comparing the level of election fraud, voter intimidation and vote-buying in the Russian Federation to those of Argentina and Brazil. So Russia is “normal,” at least according to the conveniently quantifiable indicators economists such as Shleifer use to gauge the economic and political life (or lack...
Some argue that the Progressive Puker distracted the campus from the CIA’s brutal history. According to this line of thought, we were all sitting around politely discussing ways to end torture before some crazy radical came and puked in our faces. This argument has some legitimacy. Vomit is more newsworthy than the CIA’s history, just like PSLM’s sit in was more newsworthy than the poverty of Harvard’s workers and civil disobedience was more newsworthy than the brutality of Jim Crow. The fact that these tactics generate more discussion...