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Finally, and most importantly, feminism accomplishes the exact opposite of what it intends. Instead of raising women’s social status, it burdens them with a weighty sense of victimization that neither empowers them nor motivates men to view them as equals. Girls are not born feeling inferior to boys. Rather, it is their exposure to feminism that causes them to develop a slave-like mentality...
Leverett’s successor, Edward Holyoke, Class of 1705, added yet another relic to the installation ritual—the famous Harvard President’s Chair. Though the exact origins of the chair remain unknown, it has achieved legendary status due to its shaky triangular framework that makes each presidential sitting—at installation ceremonies and at Commencement—a balancing...
...largest single investment Shuttle Services has made in a software product,” Harris explains. “It’s unprecedented.” No one will disclose the exact fee for the contract, but according to Karamchandani, it was in excess of $10,000. That price tag may still be small for stealing the ShuttleGirl icon from the student body, but Harvard thought the image wouldn’t appeal to the entire University community. “Certainly the majority of riders are students, but we offer the service to faculty and staff too. Shuttletime...
...answer is not a simple yes or no, security experts say. Threat analysis is far from an exact science. “There’s really no way to come up with a threat level. All the wisdom of the world can’t do it,” says Michael L. Taylor, a Boston-based security consultant. Terrorists have different goals and therefore different targets. What may be an appealing target to one group does not satisfy the purpose of another. Harvard’s international name makes it a possible target, but its educational nature...
Despite home-court advantage and the No. 1 seed, the Crimson will have to wait until the spring to exact revenge on Yale...