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...don’t think there’s enough grade inflation,” said Gillis, who has wanted to take a Mansfield course since the first semester of his freshman year. “Geez Louise, Al Gore comes here, the former secretary of defense comes here, Bono comes here—students don’t have enough time to see them speak because they’re stuck in a room doing work for their classes,” Gillis said.Gillis added that if Harvard students attended state schools, they would...
...U2/Mary J. Blige Performance The old pros opened with Vertigo, a showcase for The Edge?s amazingly clean guitar playing. Then Mary J. Blige stalked onto the stage looking, as always, as if someone just stole her car. Bono wisely backed away and let Mary go on about her enduring campaign of melody obliteration. She didn?t sing a single note that was originally in One, but her gospel take on the ol? chestnut (first performed on the telethon for Hurricane Katrina victims) was still moving...
Many readers applauded TIME's selection of Bill and Melinda Gates and Bono as the Persons of the Year for 2005. But others suggested different heroes who stood strong in the face of disaster...
...Your choice of Bono and Bill and Melinda Gates as Persons of the Year was inspired [Dec. 26-Jan. 2]. In a year marked by unusual tragedy, it was heartwarming to read about an unprecedented outpouring of generosity. Your honorees are not only appropriately symbolic of that philanthropy but also unique examples of individuals who, by virtue of their wealth and fame, can change the course of history. What your story revealed, however, was that not just their wealth and fame heightened their impact. Credit the Gateses for learning firsthand about the diseases of the poor, then making careful choices...
...volunteer should have been TIME's choice. Bono and the Gateses have the resources to do great things for the world, and they should be obliged to. There were, however, many people who left the comfort of their homes to help rebuild houses in tsunami-stricken countries. Generous people welcomed Katrina victims into their homes, and some individuals who were struggling financially managed somehow to donate money. Although Bono and the Gateses have done great things, people who help others out of the kindness of their heart are even more significant. Margarita V. Vanegas Seattle...