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Some people believe that Western culture should have primacy in a liberal education either because it is truly better than other cultures or because it is more relevant to our way of life. The first claim is amusing; the second, puzzling. The whole point of a liberal education is to...
A number of thoughtful observers, both inside and outside the company, feel that Levin will be more able to bridge the two cultures than the reserved Nicholas was. But they doubt that Levin will help Ross complete any takeover. "Levin is not in the Ross faction," says Andrew Heiskell, a...
But to stop ringing the Lowell House bells would not stifle Russian or Eastern cultural influences on campus. It may even increase student appreciation for the music of foreign cultures. An injustice is being done to what Russian bell carillons should sound like by letting this incomplete, out-of-tune...
THERE WILL NO doubt be objections raised that other houses have their cultures, however bland or disappointingly yea-saying they may be. Houses like Quincy and Lowell (the houses of Quincy and Lowell, actually) will surely suffer if they attempt to absorb the overflow. The answer, of course, is for...
Perhaps it is a lack of uniform passion that bothers Choi. Indeed, it seems that the "collective sense of identity" Choi envies in other ethnicities is a matter of passion. Black students can rally passionately for civil rights and Black pride. Jewish students can rally for the state of Israel...