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Calling those who commit acts of horrific violence “inhuman” does not do justice to their complex situation, Uzodinma Iweala ’04 said yesterday at a reading of his critically acclaimed first novel, “Beasts of No Nation,” in the Barker Center. More than 60 people turned out to hear an excerpt from the new work, which tells the story of a African child soldier. “The person who is doing the killing is still as human as you would be if you were in that situation...
...requesting the chance to apply for transfer for next semester, the visiting freshmen from Tulane University are not asking Harvard to compromise its standards or cross any ethical boundaries. Instead, we are seeking the reasonable treatment of a complex issue. The immediately obvious objection to allowing us to submit transfer applications is that our transferring would violate an agreement with Tulane to return all visiting students and that such an application is prohibited under Harvard’s visiting student policy...
...groceries to speak to me on a snowy morning outside Charlesview this weekend. He chose to be identified only by his first name. Bill was born and bred in the apartments and has lived there his entire life. His mother was born on the site, too, long before the complex went up in its present form in the late...
...like to be kicked out of their homes 40 years ago, when the Boston Redevelopment Authority seized dozens of Charlesview homes under eminent domain with the plan to replace them with luxury condos. After massive civil disobedience, the Authority was forced to go with the affordable housing complex instead...
...tenants want a new apartment complex, give them one that’s better built and just as well placed, such as on the land Harvard owns behind the Honan-Allston Library. If tenants want to stay, then let them stay—and, like self-respecting neighbors, help them renovate so that we all have something to be proud of together in Allston...