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Just before the curricular review came to completion this spring, the UC released a 10,000 word position paper documenting their proposed calendar changes. A UC-sponsored undergraduate referendum on calendar reform followed, in which 84 percent of the 3,467 students who participated voted in favor of the Council’s proposal. The UC plan drew heavily upon that of the Verba report, but it did not endorse a J-term—instead citing language from the earlier report providing for an alternate configuration...
...Shortly after her appointment, Faust said she would spend the spring in “listening mode.” She has stayed true to her word, shunning public appearances in favor of quiet work behind the scenes. When four female Ivy League presidents gathered at Harvard for a round-table discussion in May, Faust, who is currently dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, was reticent, guiding the conversation but keeping her own thoughts to herself...
It’s particularly unfortunate because one of the University’s most controversial (and least defensible) policies is aimed at currying favor (and funds) from alumni. That policy, legacy preference, gives a tip in the admissions process to applicants whose parents attended Harvard. To paraphrase John Stuart Mill, alumni children gain this advantage by the mere fact of being born. University officials say the legacy preference policy is meant to express gratitude toward alumni, who serve as interviewers for the admissions committee and who donate hundreds of millions of dollars to Harvard each year. But Harvard...
...This is why it pains me to see rifts and cracks opening up within the College as well, brought on perhaps by the aggressive pre-professionalization of the College and the depletion of House life in favor of more “productive” pursuits. The good memories of openness and kindness that the House system encourages are in danger of disappearing and with them the protection and the influence they offer against less generous tendencies...
...gave up three goals in Harvard’s latest contest against St. Lawrence, Crimson coach Ted Donato ’91 gave Richter a chance to prove himself in the goal. Holding the Eagles scoreless throughout the game, which included eight man-advantages in BC’s favor, Richter had a performance that was “superb,” Donato said after the game. Richter stropped 36 shots overall, 19 on power plays. “I think our power plays were one of our strengths through most of the season,” captain Dylan...