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Commencement speaker Zayed M. Yasin ’02 is embroiled in controversy after The Crimson reports he would speak about the concept of “jihad,” as applied to graduating seniors’ lives. A week later, Yasin agrees to drop the word jihad from the speech’s title, although it remains in the subtitle, and agrees to add a sentence condemning violence in the name of jihad, which includes a denunciation of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks...
...concept of an institute for advanced study originated in 1930 with the founding of the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, N.J., as a small, Ivory Tower refuge for leading scholars to study in an environment without formal courses or curriculum. The IAS is widely known as the oldest and most prestigious institute, boasting four schools, extensive resources and a cadre of famous former members—including Albert Einstein...
...lives were the beneficiaries. We didn’t use them to study or get problem sets finished on time. We used them to get together with friends. We used them to connect. Yes, we even used them to hook up. It’s hard to believe the concept of a midnight booty call hardly existed four years...
...what you will about PSLM, however, they have been the most significant and effective student group on the Harvard campus in at least a decade. Harvard is a very different place now from what it was four years ago. The wages of Harvard employees are higher. Students understand the concept of a living wage. Rallies in Harvard Yard are now commonplace, not anomalous...
...It’s a speech about the privileged opportunities and responsibilities we have as graduates,” he said, “and about how these are enunciated in both the Islamic concept of jihad and in American ideals...