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...remarks ‘don’t make much of an impression on the Faculty’ because of their ‘extreme nature.’” This, in a nutshell, is the tactic of political correctness, never to confront the content of a divergent opinion, but to dismiss it as “extreme” or out of bounds. Through their attacks on me, my colleagues during the meeting and after were warning others not to step out of line lest they invite the same contempt. Imagine the fate of any junior faculty...
...founder Jimmy Wales tells students not to cite Wikipedia, according to Weinberger. Samuel J. Klein ’99, who introduced himself as a Wikipedia administrator and steward, defended Wikipedia by noting the positive aspects of a source edited by the public. The dispute between individuals over the content of a Wikipedia entry produces “something of quality,” Klein said. “It’s the kind of discourse you don’t get in any other medium,” he added. An audience member, who works as a librarian, disagreed...
...expect to make back that money. This won’t happen overnight... but we’re here to stay,” Sebastian said. In the meantime, Freeze is looking to distribute back issues at Harvard and around Boston to increase visibility. Sebastian says to expect several content changes for the next edition. “We’re holding on to our features—Sex and the University, Ask a Guy, horoscopes, etc.—but are also adding lots of new things,” Sebastian wrote in an e-mail...
...directorial creativity. “The appeal of “Pelican” was that I have had much more freedom to play with the text, rearrange the structure, create the mood as I see fit” Dorin says. And despite the play’s serious content, directing has not been entirely devoid of comedic moments.“Rehearsing the sexual moments has been really entertaining,” Dorin says. “It’s astonishing how difficult it can be to choreograph a decent kiss, especially when it seemed like the actors...
...PetroChina, and in the current discussion of working conditions for Harvard contractors. In all those discussions, many students called for incremental reform pushed through institutional means instead of rapid change pushed on the University from outside. Rather than imagining a better world and working towards that goal, students seem content to be on the slightly more progressive side of the establishment, CEOs with cause bracelets.Consciously or unconsciously, too many students seem to defer to the status quo. The implicit assumption is that decisions made in the past deserve respect, not because they have served their purpose, but simply because they...