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...personality, and tended to self-segregate. Almost 100 years later, Harvard’s attitudes toward Asian-Americans, another “model minority,” has echoes of its past attitudes towards Jews, both in its admissions and in its approach to University life in general. SOUND FAMILIAR? At Harvard, Asian-American concern over suspected discrimination in admissions predates Golden’s book. In 1992, an admissions official met with members of the Asian-American Assocation (AAA) to reassure them that, despite reports that Asian-American students consistently had the lowest admit rates of any ethnic group...
Last season, a familiar lesson was rudely reinforced for the Harvard men’s basketball team—attempt to challenge the one immutable law of the Ivy hoops universe and the reality of the league’s unchanging landscape will pound your squad into submission. The 2005-06 campaign was the most highly anticipated in Harvard’s recent history, as the Crimson was expected to challenge Penn and Princeton for its first-ever league title on the strength of a formidable frontcourt. Harvard was picked second in the preseason media poll mainly based...
...alumni is critical, of course, but to be a good presence on Sunday TV talk shows or Larry King Live is not,” Lewis wrote in his letter.But the committee didn’t pay much attention. It selected Lawrence H. Summers, a Clinton treasury secretary familiar with the Sunday television circuit.So this fall, Lewis dispatched the exact same letter, hoping that the committee now charged with replacing Summers might be more receptive to advice from professors.He had reason to hope so. With wounds still raw from the battle that ended Summers’ presidency, the famously secretive...
Nonetheless, the performers of “Never Gonna Dance” pay fitting homage to him with their smooth and precise style. Singer Arlo D. Hill ’08—a familiar face in Harvard theater who just finished a star performance in the Ex’s “Dinner”—does an admirable rendition of Astaire’s voice with his mellow opening number. Lead dancers Alissa C. Clarke ’07 and Kevin Shee ’10 fill the shoes of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers...
From Chile to Japan, Harvard students traveled the globe last year for thesis research, internships, recreation and income. Last night, some shared their experiences and exhibited their artistry in more familiar surroundings. The Office of International Programs held its third annual International Photo Contest, awarding prizes to undergraduates for photos taken abroad. “You say ‘I went to Venezuela, I went to Tibet,’ and it can be difficult to share that with people,” said Giorgio D. DiMauro, assistant director of the Office of International Programs, who has headed...