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This is an old theme, but it returns us to the question of "doors." What exactly were the doors that were being opened for me then, and what are they now? No one wins an abstract position of power or glory on the strength of his or her Harvard diploma. One must have specific goals and aspirations; certain sets of dreams--law, business, medicine--are more in keeping with the Harvard name than others. Lofty professions take to lofty pedigrees. Even if we don't take the lofty road professionally, we can rest assured that our hard work these four...
Regardless of respect, a Harvard diploma can only do so much in coaxing the right people to crack the right doors ajar. The whole game of it all reminds me of those large, long hallways from the dream sequences of a movie, labyrinthine but somehow also very simple at the same time. There are lots of opened doors, but the views inside are blurry, and the view back out may be non-existent. Just as we may find it hard to remember our lives before Harvard, after we enter the working world it may be hard to recall a time...
...signature question is a little more complex. As it stands now, Harvard male undergraduates receive a diploma with the seals of Harvard University and Harvard College and the signatures of President Neil L. Rudenstine and Dean Lewis. Female undergraduates receive a diploma with the seals of Harvard University and Radcliffe College and the signatures of Rudenstine and Radcliffe President Linda S. Wilson. The initial bill proposed in the council to make the diplomas equal did not specify the way in which such equality could be created. The bill was then modified to request that Dean Lewis' signature...
Harvard College is the place where both men and women receive the education which the diploma represents: the education in the liberal arts and sciences, the education in our concentrations, electives, maybe even our Cores. As students we receive "education" in a larger sense from all parts of our Harvard life, from our extracurriculars, from our friends, and for some of us, from our association with Radcliffe. But the diploma should represent an achievement that is shared across the board by men and women alike: the completion of our four years in the classroom and laboratory...
...diploma debate has been raging quietly for the last few months, and most of us are sick of it. It seems like an awful lot of energy to waste over a piece of paper. But for some reason, the debate has captured our interest enough that we talk about it over dinner with blockmates and on the way to class with friends and even write about it in the newspaper. While our diploma is symbolically significant to all of us, I can't help thinking that our interest goes deeper than that. Just as the revision of the diploma would...