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...fixture around Harvard Yard for his daily distribution of Revolutionary Communist Party flyers—said of his discussions with students, “They are a pretty skeptical bunch about these changes. People do want to make a difference, but their expectations have been lowered in comparison to my generation because they have grown up with a sense of a cemented status...
...fire the president, announced yesterday its continuing support of Hundert’s leadership after a regular weekend meeting. Although Krauss said he would not characterize his decision as “if Harvard did it, so can we,” he acknowledged that the close timing makes comparison unavoidable. The news from Cambridge indicates that faculty can influence the university president’s behavior, Krauss said. And his discontent is not unique on Case’s campus. “Everyone’s counting noses now,” said Case Associate Professor of History...
...produced last spring. “I was particularly offended by the shirts because I think that Che Guevara is an icon for rising from inequality and justice, and I don’t see Larry Summers as even comparable,” she said. But Mowery said the comparison was not meant to be taken literally. “It’s more of a pop culture sort of thing. We’re not comparing him to a communist,” Mowery said. —Staff writer John R. Macartney can be reached at jmacartn@fas.harvard.edu...
...this timeless Arthurian legend, Gere proves that he may be an accomplished pianist and tap-dancer, but fencing is not his forte. This cinematic portrayal of the myth makes “A Kid in King Arthur’s Court” seem Shakespearean in comparison...
Last week’s release of previously unseen photographs and videotapes from the U.S. Army prison at Abu Ghraib has thrust the putrid details of the 2003 prisoner-abuse scandal there back into the global consciousness. The new images make many of the older ones look tame in comparison, depicting prisoners tortured with dogs, cells and hallways streaked with blood, a prisoner forced to perform self-sodomy, and the grizzled beaten body of a dead prisoner...