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...Well, well. It’s a wonderful place to come back to, no doubt...
...edge of biology and technology to collaborate on developing genomic medicine. Even the undergraduate Life Sciences curriculum spans five departments, taught by “interdisciplinary teams of faculty [to] address topics in the context of larger biological questions.” At the Wyss Institute, there is no doubt that this interdisciplinary “bioengineering of the future,” as Provost Steven E. Hyman called it, will bring major benefits to mankind. Fortunately, Mr. Wyss has the foresight—and the funds—to finance this initiative. Harvard, like most research universities, depends...
...reverent formalities of this ancient rite no doubt seem strange to the Harvard of today. But its plaintive sentiment echoes with only too much resonance in the heart of the conservative on campus. How beautiful is this house of learning—the idyllic ivied quads, the scholarly seriousness, the august history of a three-century-old institution. But it has since been despoiled. Traditions usurped, curricula disemboweled, and the noble goal of all intellectual endeavors—the pursuit of truth—unceremoniously renounced. The Ark has been carried away and reposed in Babylon...
...evening ended with an incongruous question plucked by Brokaw from thousands of online submissions: "What don't you know, and how will you learn it?" Obama took the mush as a signal to deliver his closing statement - a classic of the front-runner stall: when in doubt, praise the American Dream...
...This was the "town hall" debate - a format that generated a jolt of energy when it was first tried in 1992, but which is now as rote as piano scales. Candidates for junior class president no doubt know the basics: how to get up from your chair and walk gently toward the questioner; how to call her by name - first name only! (because you can relate); how to personalize your answer and strike the appropriate "I hurt because you're hurting" tone...