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...saying it was “designed by the students, for the students.” Perry also introduced Rajan’s speech, noting that he was selected from more than 25 applicants who presented their speeches in two rounds of competition. When Rajan took the podium, he began with a series of jokes, but his remarks quickly grew more serious. Rajan emphasized the ways in which many have lost faith in the business community due to the financial crisis. He added that despite this, students could use their knowledge and experience to help improve the world. Rajan noted...
...Lauer began his remarks with several anecdotes that drew laughs, joking about when he told his high school guidance counselor that he wanted to apply to Harvard “as a stretch...
...previous research, Wrangham studied chimpanzees, even working with famous primatologist Jane Goodall in Tanzania. “They are a good model for human ancestors 6 to 7 million years ago,” he said of the early primates. It is while observing chimpanzees that Wrangham said he began to consider a link between eating and evolution. “I would go for hours, all day, watching chimpanzees and relying only on their food. I realized that we are not well adapted to eat chimp foods,” said Wrangham. The cooking thesis has raised excitement among...
...meeting and debated passionately for two hours for and against the proposal. When students became involved in these issues, UC members became better representatives. They could actively point to the opinions of the students who had elected them, and our council debates became longer and more nuanced as we began to consider the opinions of people outside of the room. The UC membership naturally expanded and evolved from a self-selecting governing body to a more inclusive group of concerned students...
...abortion providers are mass child killers and the law refuses to act, the vigilante may see himself as the lone defender of justice - as vigilantes usually do. Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry, who in 1991 was arrested while protesting in front of Tiller's office, released a statement that began, "Dr. Tiller was a mass murderer ... he left this life with his hands drenched with the innocent blood of tens of thousands of babies that he murdered. Surely there will be a dreadful accounting for what he has done...