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...felt, widely-backed set of goals to be working towards.”Summers, in an interview with The Crimson several weeks ago, agreed that in the long-term, the agenda is more important than the individual.“Ultimately, and in the long-run, Harvard is much bigger than any individual. Harvard’s success in fundraising will have to do with the importance of the programs that it undertakes and its ability,” he said. “Harvard’s strength in fundraising has to do with the fundamental importance...
...relationship to institutions on the whole, particularly when institutional decision-making doesn’t affect the narrow sphere of our activities. If the college years truly predict behavior later in life, then our current habit of abdicating our responsibility to discuss and engage in issues that are bigger than ourselves sets the stage for a future of disassociation from democratic society. Incidentally, the signs are beginning to appear already. We of the DotNet generation are more involved in volunteer work and community problem-solving than those who came before us—more invested in our personal connections...
...cannot impart the lessons of global citizenship in the form of civics lessons, as if learning to be part of a world community could be articulated in a lecture, or summarized in a review sheet. Sure, classes can teach us a lot about rights and responsibilities, but in the bigger picture, learning how to be an adult or a global citizen in your Moral Reasoning class is about as likely as discovering true enjoyment solely through college-sponsored fun. I continue to believe that the best friends will make the best writers, the best doctors, the best leaders...
...bigger problem is under-performance,” Nolan says. “I’m not a big MCAS freak,” she adds, referring to the oft-maligned Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System tests. “But what MCAS, the 1993 Education Reform Law, and the No Child Left Behind Act have done is make us start focusing on improving scores and closing the achievement...
...SATURATED FAT, the kind found in red meat, butter and other animal products, may be a bigger threat to the heart and blood vessels than cholesterol...