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...mother: I’m thankful that my mother can embarrass me even more than before because she can now be sure to work the fact that I attend Harvard into every conversation with just about anyone. I’m pretty sure my mother has had the following exchange with approximately 50 percent of the store clerks along the West Coast...
...mind that race dominates social interactions at Harvard. Many of my black, Asian, or Latino acquaintances could have told me that, but as a white male, I was not being defined by the color of my skin. It doesn’t matter how may times I attend the Monday meetings of the Black Men’s Forum. People are not going to see that on the street, in class, or when I go out at night. Even when I wear a tie for BMF’s tie day, people think it’s for something else...
Returning to three papers and 35-degree weather after Thanksgiving weekend can make one question how thankful we should all truly be to attend Harvard. Thankfully (no pun intended), the five and a half hour flight back from California gave me just enough time to compile a list of reasons I’m glad I transferred to Harvard from UCLA. Below are a few of my favorites (and the five and a half hour flight isn’t one of them...
...American society. But in this case, the UC is not violating anyone’s rights. In order for a university to function as a locus of higher learning, it must be able to set minimal standards for its students’ academic preparation. Since the opportunity to attend a UC is not a right but conditional upon an applicant’s willingness to meet these objective standards, claims of discrimination suggest either that the standards themselves are biased, or that they are being enforced inconsistently. The UC schools are run by the California Board of Regents...
...that the Tulane visiting students have no sense of finality about their future. He said the students are “three degrees away from finality”: they need to be allowed to apply for transfer, they must be accepted, and they must make the final decision to attend Harvard for the next three years. “It is paramount that the administration make a decision as soon as possible,” Petersen said. Several Tulane visiting freshman students, however, said yesterday that they did not favor a petition. “I actually do not think...