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...Before his election Obama promised to visit a Muslim country within his first few months as president - and he has chosen one that had fraught relations with his predecessor in the White House. In 2003, Ankara broke with its traditional ally by refusing U.S. troops passage through Turkish territory to neighboring Iraq, an act of defiance from which ties never fully recovered. Public support for the U.S. in Turkey fell to historic lows as the war progressed. Washington was further aggravated by the Turkish government's pursuit of greater engagement with the Islamic world, including an energy deal with Iran...
Several decades and a Nobel prize later, Chu will finally receive a Harvard degree—all Commencement speakers who are chosen by a four-member and tight-lipped committee recieve an honorary degree from the University at the ceremony...
Wednesday, April 1, commonly known as April Fools Day, is a phenomenon to which even the illustrious (and sometimes all-too-serious) Harvard is not immune. FlyBy has chosen some of the most prominent campus pranks this year to highlight, with details after the jump...
...It’s different because of the limited amount of time,” he said. “The questions are much easier than math research questions but you have to be very quick and careful.” Teams of three students are chosen to represent their schools each year, but students can also participate individually. Boreico and Alex Zhai ’12 were among the top 16 ranking individuals, each winning a prize of $1,000. “My laptop’s broken,” said Boreico...
...university condones his positions on abortion, stem-cell research, and gay marriage, but rather that Notre Dame recognizes and appreciates its status as a premier institution that should facilitate intellectual exchange—including debate on this issue itself. Critics of Notre Dame’s choice have chosen to engage the issue intelligently: One image designed to protest the speech depicts a Shepard Fairey-style fetus underlined with the word “HUMAN,” invoking the popular representation of Obama during the election. This deployment of popular liberal imagery against a Democrat suggests that opponents...