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...here? A meaningless non-conference game that nobody will remember in a few weeks? Or the clever insults that pierce a man’s soul? You may win regarding the former, name-less obnoxious UMass fan, but when it comes to the latter, us Harvard boys (and girls) excel, just like we do in everything else that makes you hate us so much...
...bars, all addictions have certain basic elements in common.” The survey’s questions include questions like “Are there particular areas of the ‘Net, or types of files, you find hard to resist?” (Oh, those Excel spreadsheets!). Once the survey is completed, addicts and non-addicts alike receive lengthy advice reports. For those Harvard students unfamiliar with the word “denial.” The site provides an example in our own lingo: “I don’t have a problem. You?...
...greatest enigma in college basketball is something seemingly too simple: win on the road.Yet in any league, for any team, it is the hardest thing to do.To become a road warrior, gain road fortitude, or excel in any other cliché one can choose is a challenge that brings even the best of programs to its knees.For Harvard, the team has dubbed it “road toughness.” And despite the disappointments of the weekend past, punctuated by its hard-fought 75-63 loss to Penn on Saturday night, the Crimson still believes it can transfer this...
...correctly identifies Harvard’s pedagogical gap and faults institutional priorities rather than individual practices. A university that verbally expounds the merits of teaching but only rewards achievement in this area with a smattering of prizes and awards can never be recognized as a true model of pedagogical excellence. Many of the report’s anonymous quotations from faculty and graduate students—which reveal that good teaching is not just ignored, but even looked down upon—further verify Harvard’s deficiency. We applaud the Task Force for its commitment to students...
Fortunately, through the miracle of money, our capitalist system can lead people to excel at things they don’t intrinsically enjoy. Organizing transportation so your peers can get to the airport is a service like any other in our economy, and it’s unclear why UC representatives should be expected to provide it on a volunteer basis. The recent rise of for-profit student businesses at Harvard—most notably Facebook, DormAid, and Unofficial Tours—demonstrates the ability of student entrepreneurs to meet service demands on campus. So, instead of asking the Council...