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...recent movement for a Harvard great books program started at a “spontaneous” gathering of about a dozen professors from a variety of disciplines at the Faculty Club in fall 2007, according to Armitage. There was a sense of excitement at that first meeting, he said, since all the professors there expressed commitment to teaching in a program dedicated to foundational texts...
...face Navy and Penn for the Adams Cup. The No. 4 Crimson is looking for its tenth consecutive Adams Cup win, but is also seeking a measure of revenge. Last year, Harvard’s first varsity took a 3.6 second win over the Midshipmen in Philadelphia, only to fall to Navy in the Petite Final at Eastern Sprints by less than a second. “You can’t really look at the results from week to week and expect to see a certain crew,” captain Teddy Schreck said. “It?...
...indeed learn about some of the most interesting things in politics —votes, campaign contributions, election returns, government spending—by quantifying them. If, like tens of thousands of other readers, you followed Nate Silver’s electoral projections at www.538.com this past fall, you were reading the fruits of modern political science, which has made important contributions to survey research and applied statistics...
...during which students donate unwanted furniture to be resold at the beginning of each school year. The award comes at a time when Harvard is elevating the profile of its green programs, committing to greenhouse gas reductions this summer and staging a Sustainability Week in the fall, which featured an address from former Vice President Al Gore ’69 and banners declaring “Green Is The New Crimson.” Spring Greeney ’09 and Zach Arnold ’10 of the Environmental Action Committee said they nominated Gogan for the award...
...fall of Buner is raising international alarm. Speaking before the House Foreign Affairs Committee in Washington Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton characterized the situation was a danger to Pakistan, the U.S. and the world. "We cannot underscore the seriousness of the existential threat posed to the state of Pakistan by continuing advances, now within hours of Islamabad, that are being made by a loosely confederated group of terrorists and others who are seeking the overthrow of the Pakistani state," Clinton said. She also accused Pakistan's leaders of "basically abdicating to the Taliban and the extremists" by signing...