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...support them, instead of separating myself. This lesson is not one that can be learned in the classroom, even in a “psychology of leadership” class.That lesson resonates in the bronze form of an intriguing sculpture that is tucked away on the mall on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston—the Boston Women’s Memorial. Unlike the John Harvard statue, the Women’s Memorial portrays our cultural heroes as accessible: when you visit the site, you can see that each woman holds a pen, frozen in the act of writing something down...
...simultaneously confirmed the commitment of the Admissions Office not to take applicants’ sexual orientation into account.Speculation at the time suggested that the Faculty was afraid that conservative donors would withhold money or felt they should abstain from such discussions by sticking to the criteria of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which did not have a non-discrimination policy by sexual orientation. Professor Claudio Guillén, who supported the proposal at the time, claimed that the Faculty was simply unwilling to appear to endorse homosexuality, according to a 1981 Crimson article.“I don?...
...Fast Eddie” Sullivan, proposed that Harvard Yard should be taken by eminent domain and converted into a parking lot. The Massachusetts legislature debated the imposition of a “loyalty oath” upon the faculty members of any university in the Commonwealth. But Harvard rallied around its traditions of allowing ideas to be freely expressed, and Fast spoke and was listened to politely. He changed no one’s mind. Life went on as before. As students, we were proud of Harvard and its administration for its steadfast support of the notion that the function...
...high of 300. A student petition for extended parietals hours to entertain women in the Houses met flat rejection by the Faculty Administrative Board the day before.1/19: Yale beats Harvard football, 21-7. A week later, the Medical School receives grant of million dollars in unrestricted finds from the Commonwealth Fund.12/1: Dunster wins the first inter-house debate as judges split on verdict. Sanitary engineers begin with an investigation today to determine the cause of a minor epidemic of intestinal disturbance.12/2: The union closes to freshman following a fire causing $15,000 in damages. The business school raises tuition...
...London-based Stakeholder Democracy Network, ruling-party politicians have armed local youths - many of them gang members - to ensure that votes go their way. Weapons flooded the region before the 2003 poll, which in many parts of the Delta was less an election than an armed contest. Commonwealth observers found that in the Rivers state and other areas there was "serious violence, intimidation and vote rigging." Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, one of the youth leaders armed by politicians, later turned on Nigeria's security forces and engaged them in gun battles in the streets of Port Harcourt. After Dokubo-Asari called...