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Freshman Week is a geography buff’s time to shine. And shine Fayanju did, especially with his legendary zip code divining-abilities. He knows so much geography that he is usually able to rattle off a new acquaintance’s zip code once he learns the hometown and street address...
...claim is not that Christianity never answers political questions. Some policies are so fundamentally opposed to the Christian moral code that no sincere Christian could support them. If I love my neighbor as myself, and if I define “neighbor” as broadly as Christ did, I cannot support the business of buying and selling slaves, of or shipping people to death camps, or of denying freedom to any of God’s children. American Protestantism should be proud of its role in the abolition movement. Bonhoeffer was right to invoke God against Hitler. Pope John...
...bring Harvard people back to Waldorf with me—said boyfriend and a friend with whom I feel especially close—and walk the halls determinedly, sure that those walls, sponge-painted in eggshell blue, can explain something. I show up in childish defiance of the dress code: bare midriff and shoulders, blue jeans. I talk too fast and accept the embraces and kisses of the teachers who watched me grow up. Am I happy at Harvard? I’m blissful...
...research. At a place with student groups inhabiting just about every possible niche, the lack of a group that brings scientists together to debate ethics might seem surprising. However, there is a good reason for the lack of interest. Often, demanding to discuss the ethics of science is code for trying to restrict its practice. Many scientists, wary of restrictions and firm in their belief that the ends of science (that is, understanding the world) lie outside of moral considerations, just refuse to enter the debate. But an unholy alliance of national security mavens and self-appointed academic ethicists...
...weekly monitoring of classwork and homework. The Denmarks like this cautious approach but also have some immediate concerns. Mom Tanya wants new textbooks; the ones Shaliah has are torn and marked up, and she's stillwaiting for a science book. Denmark would also like to see the discipline code strictly enforced in the sprawling, sometimes rowdy, four-story building. Shaliah says that what is important to her this year is having "teachers who know how to make learning fun. Whatever they do, they've gotta get that right." With state tests looming and a whole country watching, that...