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...more occasion to see; that the stirring visions of Thomas Paine or Martin Luther King Jr. have more resonance than ever, now that an American can meet a Chinese counterpart--in Shanghai or San Francisco (or many places in between)--and see how much they have in common. What Emerson called the Over-soul reminds us that we are joined not only by our habits and our urges and our fears but also by our dreams and that best part of us that intuits an identity larger than you or I. Look up, wherever...
...back to the future! I constantly remind my middle-aged seminar participants that George Babbitt and Dilbert are not the quintessential Americans. Who are? Ben Franklin (the father of self-help literature). Ralph Waldo Emerson (self-reliance was his shtick, recall). Walt Whitman. And yes, motivational guru Tony Robbins. And yes, Donald Trump. And... Bentonville, Arkansas' Sam Walton... and Bill Gates...
...Frothingham is just one example of a prize open only to men; in addition, there are a number of departmental awards and University-wide prizes exclusively given to male undergraduates, including the Shaw Fellowship, the Barbara Miller Solomon Prize, the William J. Bingham Prize, the Ralph Waldo Emerson Prize, the Korean War Memorial Prize and the John P. Reardon Prize. Some male-only prizes have a female equivalent; others do not. This imbalance must be addressed...
...HUPD responded to Emerson Hall after a caller reported that some mailboxes and classrooms had been chalked. Harvard detectives also responded to photograph the scene...
...bawdy show last night in Emerson Hall, controversial artists Holly Hughes and drag performer Dr. Vaginal Creme Davis spoke about their lives as queer artists and performers...