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...America welcomes you, prefrosh. We welcome the lucky few who have overcome staggering odds and grueling competition to reach the pinnacle of academic achievement: an acceptance to Harvard University. Many will tell you to ask yourselves, “Is Harvard right for me?” Instead, the correct question is, “Am I right for Harvard?” Fear not. Your red folder, awkward mannerisms, and overfilled suitcase signal that, yes, you are indeed ready to join the ranks of John Adams, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Hillary Duff (extension). You are now part...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Your Red Folder’s Warning Label | 4/21/2006 | See Source »

...basis of their study of IRS filings, Allen and Harris found $344.4 million in Opus assets in the U.S. and roughly estimate a global total of $2.8 billion. If correct, that sum approximates Duke University's endowment, yet is hardly Vatican bailout money. But those figures are only part of the picture. Opus members and its sympathizers, known as "cooperators," can be very generous, and their funds hard to track. Allen's research suggests that a most likely unexpected $60 million gift (a hefty portion of its total U.S. assets) financed much of the Manhattan building. Longlea, the group...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ways of Opus Dei | 4/16/2006 | See Source »

...Lloyd comes up short. His book is full of misleading statements—for instance, he writes that “...particles of sound are called phonons,” even though sound is almost never thought of as a particle—which, while correct on some level, are more likely to bewilder or misdirect the reader...

Author: By Alexander B. Fabry, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BookEnds: Computing Takes Quantum Leap | 4/13/2006 | See Source »

...course, the correct answer, but “Bassline,” the annual spring show by the Expressions Dance Company, will be about much more than booty shaking. Using a combination of jazz, modern, lyrical, and hip hop, the Expressions Show promises an extremely energetic showcase of student choreography and talent...

Author: By Kimberly D. Williams, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: On the Radar: Expressions Dance Company | 4/13/2006 | See Source »

...trend in the tendency of men to drop out of high school—and fail to complete college—at higher rates than women, she said. Zepeda’s talk called for a brand of feminism that would rise above the current “politically correct perversion” and turn more attention to men’s issues, as well as women?...

Author: By Catherine L. Tung, | Title: Feminism is “F-Word” at College Conference | 4/10/2006 | See Source »

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