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...Strauss’ civic-mindedness extended to his criticism of what he saw as Harvard’s “money culture.” He decried tuition hikes at universities and the multimillion-dollar salaries of Harvard’s endowment managers, writing four op-eds on the topic in The Crimson over the past four years...
...actually took part; President Bush was unchallenged. Some predict a record turnout this year, weather permitting.) But despite reports to the contrary, most people who show up at the caucuses won't be party activists or people with a vested interest but instead everyday folks doing their civic duty. "Most are just friends and neighbors, they're not political animals," says Redlawsk...
Although the motion was quickly approved thanks to the government's wide majority, some opposition voices cast doubt on the conspiracy theory. Maria Estenssoro of the Civic Coalition said that "ranting at the empire is just a smokescreen. The problem isn't a trash operation from the U.S., the problem is the trash campaigns at home." Civic Coalition party leader Elisa Carrio, Fernandez's rival in October's presidential elections, said that "the United States is not responsible for the crimes of corruption committed by the governments of Venzuela and Argentina...
...report by a Stanford professor released this week encourages research universities to expand and institutionalize civic engagement on campuses. The report comes on the heels of an open letter from 13 members of the Class of 1967 asking University President Drew G. Faust to form a task force to address the “widespread apathy and political indifference of the student body at Harvard College today.” The report, “New Times Demand New Scholarship II: Research Universities and Civic Engagement - Opportunities and Challenges” details areas that are crucial for encouraging civic engagement...
...having a corral for the political set on JFK street means Harvard mirrors a problem endemic to the nation: the consigning of civic duties to a self-contained class of “political people.” This flies in the face of the very notion of democratic society: that we are all political people. Political mobility is a sentiment which needs to boil through everyone who comes to Harvard College, a trade school of citizenship...