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...prevalence of "loose and careless logic" at Harvard is actually quite shocking. Much of the sloppy thinking at Harvard is the result of a reliance on American mythology--the assumption that this nation is the bastion as well as the exporter of freedom, democracy and unquestionable moral superiority. However, this mythology ignores the troubling fact that America has in many ways failed to live up to its lofty ideals. One particularly problematic aspect of American history is our nation's legacy of racial conflict, injustice and exclusion. These issues are frequently glossed over or ignored...
...council's priorities must now and always be to make the College a bastion of comfortable learning for undergraduates. Students are not chattel. The administration cannot trough-feed us the Core or placate us with the Loker Commons. We believe in the strength and unity and goodness that an undergraduate community dedicated to a rigorous education and a moral responsibility can achieve. We believe in the power of democracy not simply as a balance of group interests but as a mechanism of fostering community. We believe that the council's purpose should be to uphold these beliefs, to fight...
Until last year, the tournament was open only to residents of Quincy House, considered by some to be a "bastion of foosball mania...
...pamphlet door-dropped en masse last moth by the Harvard-Radcliffe Alliance for Life was a healthy but disturbing episode in campus life. We are pleased to see vigorous debate and excited commentary at Harvard so that this bastion of intellectuals does not become petrified while studying in Widener's stacks. It is also pleasing to note the Alliance's editorial independence from the student publications, specifically The Harvard Salient and Peninsula. The Crimson always welcomes another voice on campus. That said, we would like to evaluate the "She's a Child--Not a Choice" brochure on its primary claim...
...rather than from the top down. The ideal type of scholar recognizes the centrality of teaching and learning in the University. The ideal Corporation member sees Harvard from this angle. We need to stop the rend of universities being run as businesses rather than as academic Institutions, the last bastion of a liberal arts education in this country. The scholar values learning for learning's sake, a goal which should be synonymous with the mission of the University...