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...action. “Divest from Sudan!” or, more recently, “from Burma too!” the choruses one after another, in perpetual refrain, raise, striking so high a pitch that few politically-sensitive observers withhold their applause. But this tired routine cannot??and should not—remain above reproach. This bleeding-heart activism is not mere well-intentioned, innocuous idealism, but potentially a cause of harm—not, thankfully, to the benighted peoples the campaigners ostensibly seek to help—but to their own society.This self-congratulatory student...
...Cornell, Dartmouth, and Yale currently subsidize free newspaper programs for students. The only possible objection to the program that we see is the Times’ recent decision to make almost all of its content free online. But newspapers in dining halls offer students something that an online newspaper cannot??a physical presence that can promote debate and discussion far more effectively than the somewhat isolating experience of reading the paper on a screen. It also allows students to browse and chance on stories they may have not seen otherwise in a way that the Web precludes. Students...
...problem is that Allston cannot??must not—be thought of entirely as a way-station between FAS and HMS; nor can it be an annex to carry overflow housing, lab, and museum space that doesn’t fit in Cambridge. Allston must be thought of as a fundamental piece of the dynamic center of Harvard University. Here’s the acid test: It is 6:30 p.m. or 9:30 p.m. on a Thursday or Friday or Saturday—and if you don’t think it would be great...
...rights” invoked in defense of a practice which many demur from even mentioning cannot??and, if we live in a just society, must not—trump humane sensibilities and common sense. No sane person would defend barbarism for the sake of maintaining ideological purity...
...past few weeks, we, as Harvard College representatives to the Presidential Search, have fielded many questions about whether Drew Faust is the “right choice” for the Harvard presidency. In response, we first admit that we do not—and indeed cannot??possibly know the answer until Faust has had the chance to reveal her priorities through action. Second, we believe that this question is the wrong one to ask. The right question to ask is whether or not Drew Gilpin Faust will take the right steps to improve the undergraduate experience...