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...long, Americans have uncritically accepted inaccurate arguments and sound-bite explanations for what is unquestionably the most serious problem facing our future. Environmental destruction, terrorism and a host of other problems are rooted in world poverty, but sadly we pretend there is nothing that can be done. I commend your magazine for providing informed, well-written and easily understandable arguments to help dispel those illusions. Well done...
...last, students at Harvard can take full advantage of our outstanding library resources at all hours during the day and the night. But, as significantly, students can commend the University for diligently laboring to recognize collegiate schedules as they are—not simply as parental instinct would have them be. The coming extension of library hours marks an important departure from the flawed paternalism that has sometimes held sway within University Hall. Deans, librarians, and administrators have taken the most important leap since 2 a.m. party hours towards recognizing and accommodating student realities...
...commend Irene Y. Sun for her comment “Pre-students” (Feb. 11) because it points out the competitive side of studying the sciences at Harvard. However, the real message of her comment—and the message that Harvard professors should stress—is that studying to an extreme for any subject is unhealthy, and attributing this practice solely to “pre-students” is unfair. Moreover, Sun failed to recognize the reality that many of these “pre-students” face after college: graduate schools from medicine...
...Certainly for a road weary team, this was a terrific win,” Harvard coach Frank Sullivan said. “Our guys needed it desperately. We had just played four out of the last five on the road...and I commend our guys for picking the pieces up and finding a way to win this game...
...commend President Summers’ efforts on behalf of the UJA,” professor of Psychology Patrick Cavanagh, a signatory of the Israel divestment petition, wrote in an e-mail. “I might mention that the United Palestinian Appeal is also a worthwhile charity...