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...supposed to be something different. Every student here knows what it feels like to drop the H-bomb and is familiar with that tinge of pride at the recognition and respect which our institution’s name inspires. That distinction, however, becomes a point of shame when we fail to deserve the elitism which we so naturally affect and when we instead spout vulgarities from a pedestal. Harvard’s most recent and feted cultural contribution is chick lit written by an aspiring investment banker. We have fallen a long way from T.S. Eliot, and we should...
Fetching water seems a mundane job--unless you're in the midst of a genocide. In a new online video game at DarfurIsDying.com players take the role of Darfuris and must complete basic tasks. Those who fail to do so learn what fate could befall them at the hands of Janjaweed militias: rape, kidnapping, murder. Susana Ruiz, a University of Southern California student who helped design the game, which is backed by college channel mtvU, hopes it will inspire players to take real-world action by writing President Bush or lobbying schools to divest holdings in firms that operate...
...surely to be rejected by the King, who will insist on keeping at least a ceremonial role. Even if the monarchy and the Maoists can come to an unlikely compromise, Nepal's historically fractious political parties may yet disrupt the process. Should the parties, the King and the Maoists fail to get along, they may find themselves taking orders from the new powerbroker in Nepal: the people...
...this instance, we have a student that appears to have stolen intellectual property. Regardless of whether you believe she did so knowingly or unknowingly, the fact remains that she has managed to muddy Harvard’s name. If the reputation of the school is to be maintained, I fail to understand how this girl can be allowed to stay at Harvard. Give her the boot and let the storm blow over, keep her in school and we can all look forward to more bad press as she is pulled into the legal system by Random House...
...departments to take their cases seriously in anticipation of higher-level review.“They’re trying to make sure the departments are living up to the requirements of the university...there has to be a check to make sure departments don’t fail to do that,” Brinkley says.Like Saller, Brinkley is more involved in the tenure process than Columbia’s president, who receives Brinkley’s recommendations but does not participate in ad hoc committee meetings.Martin, the senior adviser to the dean, points out the ad hoc nature...