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...sometimes forget that this tradition comes not from some authority on high but, instead, from those who lived, studied and taught here before us. It’s not always right (who can defend male-only final clubs?) yet much of it is because our predecessors, for the most part, sought to do what they saw as right, just as we do now. It underscores that one thing is unquestionably right with Harvard—its students. Year in and year out, our College attracts students who bring new life to the College, reinvigorating its intellectual fervor and debate...
...current tack? Hard to say, especially given the many signs of division between Powell's State Department, on the one hand, and Vice President Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld's Pentagon, on the other. But just as America shouldn't summon into existence the threats it wants to defend against, Europe shouldn't hasten a rift it doesn't want by talking up the danger to the Atlantic alliance. These are still early days. Bonds built over more than five decades shouldn't be called into question, even rhetorically, after 15 weeks - or 15 months...
...hometown of New York City, Mayor Giuliani is setting up a decency panel to judge whether offensive works of art should be supported by state money. In other words, he wants to use state government to defend us against the Constitution. Anybody recognize this place...
...accompanied by a far more vigorous effort to reduce demand in the U.S. and provide more treatment and rehabilitation programs for hard-core addicts. Demand drives supply, supply helps create more drug use, and interdiction is essential, not just to combat drug production but also to defend democratic institutions in Latin America. BERNARD ARONSON Washington...
...write in response to Parker R. Conrad's ill-advised column "Fit to Print?" (Opinion, May 18). The op-ed page is no place for the managing editor to defend The Crimson against criticisms and allegations of poor ethics. For Conrad to write a column about the journalistic process is a direct conflict of interest. Conrad's editorial blurs the line between news and opinion at The Crimson and is particularly ironic given that the focus of his piece is The Crimson's ethics...