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...considered responsible—the Peruvian rubber baron, Julio César Arana—to justice. In “The Devil and Mr. Casement,” British historian Jordan Goodman offers a dispassionate account of Casement’s struggle to expose and put an end to the atrocities wrought by Arana’s company in the Putumayo River Basin of northern Peru. But while Goodman’s chronicle of colonial-era corruption is admirably detailed, Goodman fails to identify the ethical complexities of Casement’s humanitarian project...

Author: By Grace E. Jackson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Goodman's Detailed 'Devil' | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...this end, last Friday’s “Harvard for Haiti Benefit” was framed by speeches on the tragic recent events. Sebastian Velez, Assistant Resident Dean of Kirkland House, closed his speech with a quote from photographer Sebastiao Salgado: “How can we claim ‘compassion fatigue’ when we show no sign of consumption fatigue?” he said. The sentiment that we who are lucky should share our good fortune ran through the event. One particularly resonant image from the PIH slide show featured at the concert...

Author: By Mark A. Fusunyan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Passion and Compassion | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...homeward bound journey and riddles it with uncertainty. Ithaca could be the hero’s home or it could be an illusion. Odysseus himself may be the author of his own story; his heroic deeds could be merely his own invention. There’s no one end, no one story. Mason’s tale doesn’t just wander—it writhes...

Author: By Madeleine M. Schwartz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mason Reinvents Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ in ‘The Lost Books’ | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...head coach Tommy Amaker must have envisioned when he landed Casey, who many called Harvard’s biggest men’s basketball recruit in history. The forward reportedly had strong interest from major-conference schools such as Vanderbilt, Stanford, and Providence, but opted for Cambridge in the end. And Amaker couldn’t be happier about Casey’s decision to play...

Author: By Scott A. Sherman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Casey Makes Most Of Chance | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

After one particularly long game with Harvard students on a late night, to which I came out on the losing end, I began to see some parallels between the results of the game and events in world history, specifically the Cold War. Was I reading far too much in between the properties? Perhaps. However, the lessons a group of freshmen took away from this elementary board game can be seen as good indicators of how much our society has internalized the Cold...

Author: By James L. Wu | Title: The Meaning Behind Monopoly | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

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