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...weeks after president Obama took office, his Administration sought to manage expectations on Afghanistan. Yes, it was the right war, a war of necessity--but winning didn't require turning the country into a "Jeffersonian democracy" (Obama's phrase) or a "Central Asian Valhalla" (as Defense Secretary Robert Gates put it). The implication was that President Bush had become too distracted by secondary, nation-building goals, such as ensuring that Afghan girls went to school. Obama would focus on the main task: defeating al-Qaeda and the Taliban...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Moment | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

This year’s freshmen are the most racially and economically diverse first-year students ever. One-fifth are Asian, one-tenth Hispanic, another tenth black. Two-thirds receive financial aid. To highlight this variety, the Freshman Dean’s Office tomorrow will hold “Community Conversations”—discussions in which freshmen will “situate [themselves] within this diversity...

Author: By Brian J. Bolduc | Title: A Dull Diversity | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

...commits a similar error. He condemns comparing Asians, who earn higher incomes than whites, to blacks, who earn lower incomes, because “Asian Americans and African Americans have different group histories.” But later, he concludes, “[I]t is foolish to believe all Asian Americans are anything—except perhaps individuals...

Author: By Brian J. Bolduc | Title: A Dull Diversity | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

...method of study. He said he also hopes to establish a summer program that will encourage students to travel to China to examine history in a similar way. “Szonyi helps to prepare undergraduates learn about Chinese culture first hand,” said East Asian Languages and Civilizations Professor Peter K. Bol, who teaches a course with Szonyi at the College. Szonyi is currently studying the social history of the Ming Dynasty military. He has traced local cults from the Ming Dynasty and has found that some of these cults continue to exist. Their traditions can help...

Author: By Ellie Reilly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Chinese Historian Tenured | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

...Asian cultures, there is a heavy focus on good grades and for women to be deferential. Have you seen this reflected in your work with young Asian girls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Being a Good Girl Is Bad | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

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