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...applied for this column to challenge what I though was the dominant leftist ideology that pervaded campus and hampered Harvard’s academic purpose. Naively, I hoped to set down a beacon of rationality as a guiding light in a dark forest of liberal orthodoxy. Unfortunately, I have discovered few liberal excesses to denounce. I am no beacon, and we are covered not in darkness, but in a thick gray haze of purposelessness...
...assumption that...Harvard’s contacts at the state level” would have been enough to allow trucks on Memorial Drive, Galluccio said after the City Council meeting last night. “There’s always been a strong [Harvard] lobbying effort around Beacon Hill...In the past, they’ve granted exceptions,” said Galluccio. In the same letter, Healy concluded that the city had no authority to implement two other calming measures demanded in August by Kerry Corner residents. The first demand—that construction crews not begin work until...
...life of Chinese orphan Guo Yanfei. Guo is now eight years old and, thanks in large part to the efforts of the HCC trick-or-treaters, leads a normal life. As group members fanned out in pairs last night, trick-or-treating all the way from Brattle Street to Beacon Hill, organizers instructed them to be courteous and emphasize the importance of their cause. They opened the conversations with an exuberant “Happy Halloween,” and followed up with a short presentation on the infant’s condition, complete with photographs. HCC received a large...
...black community not only at Harvard but everywhere. She was one of the guiding lights and guiding forces in the civil rights movement.” Later in her life, Parks devoted her attention to young people and developing their leadership qualities. “She was such a beacon of faith and hope for young people who are struggling,” said McCarthy...
...Church of Scientology in Boston occupies a multi-million-dollar town house overlooking the Charles River on Beacon Street. The floors are marble, the walls covered in heavy, creamy wallpaper. The Church looks like an expensive doctor’s office, not a local parish. A bookshop and seating area on the first floor sit opposite a desk complete with a smiling teenage receptionist...