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...Bloom added that his successor, former Mexican health minister Julio Frenk, who will take over the deanship in January, will have to increase the school’s fundraising efforts in the coming years to expand its financial aid program...
...evaluate all ideas, whether Western or not. Just because the Greeks invented philosophy does not mean that no other culture can learn from its insights.Characterized by narrow-minded disciplines and an uncritical fixation on contemporary issues, the current state of liberal learning at Harvard would do well to expand its horizons and require a regimen for all undergraduates in Greek and Latin.Christopher B. Lacaria ’09, a Crimson editorial writer, is a history concentrator in Kirkland House. His column appears regularly...
...real agenda here is not to expand women’s choices, but to keep females from making a choice that they already have. Only after a woman gives birth does FFL’s notion of “choice” come into play, a notion inextricably tied to existing power structures which FFL itself admits have institutionalized prejudice against motherhood. Although FFL recognizes the prevalence of pregnancy discrimination, its Web site contains no information on campaigns to promote access to child care or extended maternity leaves; rather, it highlights features that celebrate motherhood and advocate coupon-cutting...
...control a 200-mile economic zone along their coasts in the Arctic region. None of these economic zones reach the North Pole. Under the current U.N. Maritime convention, one country's zone can be extended only if it can prove that the continental shelf into which it wishes to expand is a natural extension of its own territory. In August 2007 two Russian submersibles reached the bottom of the North Pole and left a titanium-made Russian flag there. Putin alleged that the expedition delivered proof of Russia's claims, though few believe it is good enough to substantiate Moscow...
Which is why it's difficult for me to say that I think she's wrong about what could become her son's most important legacy: a hate-crimes bill before Congress called the Matthew Shepard Act. The bill would expand, far too aggressively, the two existing federal hate-crimes laws. One is from 1968; it allows the Federal Government to prosecute crimes committed on the basis of race, religion and national origin when the victim is engaged in public activities like going to school or eating at a restaurant or attending a concert. The other is from...