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There is an unforeseen consequence to all this superficial self-congratulation that only surfaces when we are served a salad that is all tomatoes or all lettuce. We are confronted by our ignorance in a meal such as this; we don't even know where to start eating and so...
"The series--ambitious in scope, organization and funding--is not a call to self-congratulation but to do more programming and reaching out across the University," she says.
The senior survey--ingeniously required of all seniors, because they must turn in their copy in order to receive Commencement tickets--disaggregates this experience to a certain extent. I found myself rating very highly such features of the undergraduate experience as House life, the resources of the Office of Career...
But couldn't Harvard at least refrain from self-congratulation long enough to question whether this was $25 million well-spent? After all, it's not as if the Barker Center is the last of the renovations.
Last Friday at 12:10 a.m., it was Henry Francis Hays' turn to die. His execution was cause for some self-congratulation in Alabama because, unlike most of those who have been put to death before him, Hays is white. What's more, he is the son of a Ku...