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Now—nearly two years later—Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M. Harris leans back in his chair and crosses his arms. His sparsely decorated office marks a striking contrast to the Faculty Room just a floor above. The walls are bare. As I interview him, my eyes fall upon Eliot’s Harvard Classics series on a small gray bookshelf nearby, their gold letters glittering against the red binding...
...UC.Of the three, Flores is the most vocal about the double standards she has faced as a woman on the council. Cox, who is the third consecutive woman to inherit the organization’s presidency, said she still faces the vestiges of a male-dominated IOP. By contrast, Lam, whose organization is one of the most progressive on campus, said she has experienced relatively little discrimination as an ambitious woman. Despite this variation, all three have spoken to the importance of getting more women involved in politics and leadership on campus. But thus far, their experiences as leaders seem...
...While the disease doesn't discriminate, African Americans are suffering in far greater numbers than other ethnic groups. More than 75% of Washington residents who have contracted the virus are black, with 7% of all black men testing positive. Overall, 4% of African Americans are afflicted. By contrast, 2% of Hispanics and 1% of whites are known to harbor the virus...
...every weekend that the Crimson men’s tennis team enjoys consecutive games on the road against “the Tribe” and “the Monarchs.”While such monikers together provoke colorful comparisons, No. 63 Harvard (6-4) offered its own contrast by recording a win and a loss versus No. 49 William & Mary (12-9) and Old Dominion (15-9), respectively.With only one point the difference in the two keenly-contested fixtures, it was a contrast not quite as vivid as tribalism and royalty.“We were outclassed...
...contrast was all too apparent...