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...gift level tags for $100 and $250 contributions, respectively, kind of like donations to a municipal symphony. The practice isn’t new, but it’s drawn ire from those who say it makes class divisions a part of the feel-good fund. Supporters tend to cite the warm and squishy feeling one gets for a special gift-giving distinction. “The benefits of century and associate roles mean that the names of the givers will appear in the Harvard College Fund’s annual report, listed as either associate or century givers...
...Best Schools for Professors” list, faculty members say Harvard does not achieve the number one ranking in the “benefits” category.Although professors overwhelmingly cite Harvard students and research resources as the University’s greatest draws, and the University Benefits Office website highlights the “generous benefits, tuition assistance, and work/life balance” available for faculty members, professors say that the perks they actually receive pale in comparison to those offered at peer institutions.“I’m not complaining, but I certainly don?...
With rare exceptions, even angry defectors don't cite self-mortification, as it's known, as their deal killer. Lucy, a former numerary assistant (see box, following page), told TIME it was "nothing. It's not like The Da Vinci Code." Catholic laity and luminaries, including Mother Teresa, have used it to identify with Christ's--and the world's--agony. San Antonio Archbishop Jos Gomez, an Opus member, notes self-mortification's tie to Opus' roots: "In the Hispanic culture," he says, "you look at the crucifixes, and they have a lot of blood. We are more used...
When I tell people that baseball is my favorite sport, I am oftentimes met with a mixture of confusion and impatience. Generally, those who disagree cite the deliberate pacing or the sexless antics or the eternal schedule as the sources of their discontent with the national pastime. These folks tend to prefer the ceaseless flow of soccer, the constant scoring of basketball, or the explosiveness of football to baseball and its subtler charms. In the way of counter-argument, I present the idyllic settings of ballparks, the tactical nuance that goes into every strategic decision, and the unmatched tension...
Walt and Mearsheimer write: “In his memoirs, for example, former [New York] Times executive editor Max Frankel acknowledged the impact of his pro-Israel attitude on his editorial choices.” They cite Frankel as saying: “I myself wrote most of our Middle East commentaries. As more Arab than Jewish readers recognized, I wrote them from a pro-Israel perspective...