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...register. Sometimes it seems that what actually binds all Harvard’s 6,000-plus undergraduates together is their deep passion for applying to things. “Comp” itself is a term of indeterminate pedigree. The Crimson claims that it stands for “competence??; other organizations use it as a stand-in for “competition.” Yet whatever its etymology, “comp” is essentially a euphemism for “apply to.” When out in the world at large, Harvard students...
...from local politicians and speeches from former New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen, former Florida Senator Bob Graham, and Warner, a 1980 graduate of Harvard Law School. The three politicians did their share of Bush-bashing at the partisan gala. Graham criticized Bush for a lack of “competence?? and “candor” before sharing his vision for the success of their party. “I am very happy to be here with these governors tonight. Within these two, we have the next president of the United States of America...
...International Programs (OIP) in University Hall. More than twice as many undergraduates are now studying abroad this fall compared to just two years ago, when the OIP was founded. The success of OIP Director Jane Edwards and her team in ensuring Harvard students’ “global competence??—an unhappy expression coined during the Harvard College Curricular Review (HCCR)—has been bolstered these past years by the central administration’s new-found emphasis on international experience. While the new numbers are cause for celebration, the College still remains...
...development of Studio Arts and the full range of her projects could scarcely have been undertaken, much less brought to successful fruition as they have been, had not Phelan devoted herself—with superb administrative competence??full-time and more than full-time (she has maintained a residence in Cambridge since 1995) to her department and to its goal of fostering the making of art by Harvard undergraduates. Such complex and far-reaching projects require willing and sympathetic staff support; in past years VES has been, for the most part, fortunate in having that important resource...
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