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While Harvard’s most recent presidents—Lawrence H. Summers, Neil L. Rudenstine, and Derek C. Bok—did not earn their undergraduate degrees at Harvard, it was not debatable in 1908 whether an individual without a Harvard College degree could be chosen, Gomes says...
...each team won both of its games against ECAC opponents. On Monday, two players on each team were rewarded by the League for their performances. On the men’s team, junior forward Jon Pelle was named ECAC Player of the Week and freshman goaltender Kyle Richter was chosen as ECAC Goaltender of the Week. For the women, co-captain forward Julie Chu took home ECAC Player of the Week honors and freshman goalie Christina Kessler was named ECAC Rookie of the Week. Pelle had two goals and an assist during the Crimson’s two games last...
...Iraq, Hill Democrats have chosen the latter course. Sen. Edward Kennedy yesterday introduced a bill to block funding for deploying additional troops to Iraq. But Reid and the Democratic leadership prefer a non-binding, "sense-of-the-Senate" resolution opposing the troop increase that is designed to embarrass Bush by peeling off dissenting Republicans, without actually taking any action to block the move. Kennedy's proposal, leadership aides say, is a stalking horse designed in part to placate the base by attacking Bush while leaving Democrats who support the leadership's alternative safe from accusations they don't back...
...make a grave misstep in either direction, we find ourselves in a textbook case of "damned if you do, damned if you don’t." No matter who is selected, the selection will be viewed as reactionary rather than a reflection of the merits of the individual chosen, and will thus reflect negatively on Harvard in one way or another...
...much for us little people to do except make things up until we know the whom and, more importantly, the why, of their decision. Even if they were to make public their entire decision process, it is unlikely that anyone would believe that the next president of Harvard was chosen based on merit alone. That simply wouldn’t be interesting enough...