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...recent news events for Aaron Sorkin to write an episode that was literally didactic - that is, teacherly - by setting it in what was for all intents and purposes a classroom. The set-up: in response to a reported security breach, the White House "crashes" - no one is allowed to enter or leave - just as aide Josh Lyman (Bradley Whitford) is speaking to a class of honor students...
...surprisingly well among older students; two thirds of all voters were upperclassmen. Competitive elections were held in every undergraduate House but Mather, and in Winthrop House, ten candidates ran for the three available positions. We hope that the enthusiasm showed by the first-years will remain as those students enter the Houses...
...like home.” That home was in Chelsea. He would buzz at an ordinary-looking black door, and then he would be admitted into a waiting area with video cameras, which would scan the area for police. If there were no cops, he would enter into a room with about eight poker tables. If there were cops, there would be a “Raid Procedure...
...insipid university community cannot do much harm. But problems ensue when students—armed with Marx in one hand and their class notes in the other—transpose their sheltered academic experience onto the real world. And the difficulties compound when Harvard egos enter the fray. This university’s self-important, ignorant bravado has never been more obvious than in our reaction to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack on America...
...perhaps the best argument against making it more difficult and intrusive to enter this country to study is that America is the school of the world. Foreign students learn skills here that they can take back to their homes and use to spread American ideals of free inquiry and personal liberty. American students themselves also benefit from interacting with those from other countries, and our campuses are enriched by foreign students’ presence...