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Seven months after volunteering in community education in Israel, Dotan Greenvald says he found himself “pointing guns in the neighborhoods of the same kids I had educated a few months ago.”Before Greenvald began conducting field research and giving speaking tours for “Breaking the Silence”—a traveling exhibit of over 100 photographs and video testimonials—he served in the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) for two years.“The first time you point your gun at a child, you immediately lower...
...ability of undergraduates to create a meaningful program of study. Yet, in spite of such pedagogical constraints, the intellectual life here is just as vibrant as it is at Harvard. The lecture halls may not be as high-tech, but the quality of the debate, in my field at least, is undoubtedly world-class. There is nothing dated or out-of-touch about the ideas that are discussed across campus in the many talks and open lectures given every week...
...loss to Dartmouth—a defeat that thrust Harvard into a first-place tie with Cornell before Saturday’s game. Cornell’s two-sport star decided to forgo the second game of the weekend to compete in the Indoor Heps track and field competition in Ithaca.Maybe it was the right call: Maduka set school records in the 60-meter dash, the long jump and the triple jump and was named the meet’s Most Outstanding Performer for the second straight year. Her performance in the long jump—the third-longest...
...editions and international copies, and said one student bought a Korean copy for 15 percent of the domestic list price.“Some new editions really do make substantial intellectual improvements, but I would suggest that is the exception not the rule,” Stock said.In certain fields, professors said, constant updating is necessary.“The field of genetics is changing so fast,” said professor of biology Daniel L. Hartl, who assigns his book “Essential Genetics” for the introductory science course he co-teaches. “Pick...
...hard in numerous events over the weekend. “It’s hard being away from the team,” co-captain Lindsay Hart said. “The girls did a great job of staying positive.”Despite struggling in a very competitive field, the five Crimson swimmers gained valuable experience and left their mark with 86 team points.IVY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPSHarvard and Princeton pulled away from the rest of the field early, and by the end of the first day of competition there was a 200-point gap separating the second place Crimson from...