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...would like to commend Kenyon S.M. Weaver for his op-ed “The Salient’s True End” on May 21. Although Pappin’s ignorant and poorly-written article defending his stance seems beneath intellectual criticism, it is important that Weaver took the time to state why Pappin is wrong...
Each year, a small number of intrepid students work on architecture and urban studies through special concentrations. I commend these students, for few students would be devoted enough to work without the support of a formal concentration and trek to MIT for studio classes—clearly an essential aspect of any architecture and urban studies program. Just because people can do special concentrations and cross-register for classes does not mean they should have to do so. There are distinct advantages of formal concentrations—tradition, advising, specific courses—and in addition, having a concentration legitimizes...
...awfully busy writing poems,” he said. “But if someone else wants to do it, I commend them...
This Saturday, more than 50 Harvard students joined thousands of others in New York City to protest against an impending U.S. war in Iraq. The New York protest coincided with dozens of others around the world in an international demand for peace. We commend the Harvard students who, despite the cold, took to the streets to voice their opinions. This demonstration—the largest since the war in Vietnam—signals the rebirth of a strong and vibrant new anti-war movement...
...defense of its validity. The debate over Ebonics remains decidedly that—the assertion that Ebonics holds strong official status among African-Americans remains seriously in question. I have no doubt that Vaux seeks to strip Ebonics of whatever negative connotations it has had to bear, and I commend him for those efforts, but that should not lead students to assume that, even as Ebonics could be adopted in a positive light among linguists, its validity as an “African-American language” is not up for grabs...