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With Advising Fortnight nearly halfway over, Harvard freshman are now officially on the path to picking a concentration. But for the class of 2012, the choices available are a little different from years past—life sciences majors will find themselves with a new concentration to consider, while potential...
...questions today?” as he applies ethical theory to the affluence around him. His idea that what we spend money on affects what we don’t spend money on—saving lives, for example—relates closely to Ronell’s considerations of morals in a potentially meaningless existence and cultural theorist Kwame Anthony Appiah’s thoughts on what it means to be a cosmopolitan in an ever-shrinking world. Indeed, part of the success of “Examined Life” comes from the flow and interaction between each...
Two large pieces of paper face one another in artist Sanford Biggers’ studio at Harvard. On one wall hangs the sketch of a cross-section of a slave ship (“I have no idea what that’s about,” Biggers says). On...
Who needs tabloids when there’s Twitter? Posting a shocking 1,382 percent increase in visitors year-over-year since February 2008, Twitter is the latest phenomenon in the recent surge of social interaction applications that have transformed the very idea of communication. A steady stream of constantly...
Other machine-made-matzo companies sprung up around the country, and by the mid-20th century, matzo was available in nearly every grocery store. The crisp, crackerlike bread became popular with Gentiles, and soon companies were producing flavored matzo, spiced matzo and matzo covered in chocolate. Organic and gluten-free...