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...east and west, scholarships for young Congolese people to study in Europe and the U.S., and firm agreements among Congo's neighboring nations to keep their armies away. As the story noted, elections will be nearly impossible at this juncture. But at least we can now appreciate the full extent of the horror these people have experienced all their lives. As we debate U.S. involvement in Sudan, perhaps we can spare a few minutes to consider the plight of those innocent souls pictured so well by TIME's reporting. RICHARD B. LAWSON Mountlake Terrace, Wash...
...much power does a Harvard president have? No one would call you a figurehead, but I wonder, what with the Corporation and Overseers looking over your shoulder and quietly or not so quietly steering the University’s agenda, to what extent do you as president have the power to guide and implement initiatives completely of your own choosing? LHS: Certainly whatever the president of Harvard says or does is noticed pretty widely. I think we’ve been able to do some very important things these last years by eliminating family contributions by any family with income...
...Mellone, the chairman of the Allston Task Force, a committee largely composed of Allston residents involved in negotiating with Harvard on the extent and specifics of its expansion, expressed an ambivalence to these changes that I’ve heard from many residents. “People think that Harvard can do them good or do them evil—it could be either...
...ills on corporate America. In reality, I am not actually disdainful of my peers, many creative and curious souls, who opt for careers in finance. Here’s what’s really bothering me: I find myself increasingly frustrated, disappointed, and enraged by the extent to which corporate culture and associated sensibilities seem to have permeated Harvard, from the highest University offices to the quietest freshman dorms. Four years here has brought a lot of positive change for me, but there have been some unwelcome introductions. Before Harvard, I had never received a letter grade in a class...
...committee] were either being pushed to make decisions or being struck down when we did make decisions,” the committee member says. Menand says that, contrary to faculty perception, the administration did not impose its views on the committee.But, he says, “To the extent that there was sentiment on the faculty that was skeptical of President Summers, that tended to reflect people’s views of the curricular review as well.”Full faculty discussion of the recommendations next fall, many faculty members say, will allow faculty to feel ownership...