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...course of study [should] be the central aim of a college of arts and sciences.” University President Lawrence H. Summers—a driving force behind the review, whose rhetoric is woven throughout the report—became notorious last year for harping on how students commit too much time to extracurriculars at the expense of intellectual rigor. Meanwhile, Kirby’s letter tells us that the only reason one would study in a single department for six-years is to pursue doctoral study (which is, strangely enough for an academic institution, characterized as a marginal...
...patriotic Americans who put their lives on the line to serve their country but went astray because they followed orders. Psychologists and historians who study torture give what is probably the most disturbing explanation of all: they are us. For under certain circumstances, almost anyone has the capacity to commit the atrocities seen in the photos that have shocked the world...
Those who would commit themselves to this task can take heart in the words of Tennyson’s “Ulysses?...
...Zuckerman Fellowship is a testament to the mission we subscribe to here at the Kennedy School of Government, to encourage the best and brightest to commit themselves to public service and help to change the world,” said Tim Sultan, president of the Kennedy School’s Student Government...
...take pride in our campus, or we can sit around and decry “government inefficiency.” We can take responsibility, or we can complain about campus life while student group funding falls. I hope we step up, and commit ourselves to our home, because no one can do that...