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...university, Harvard's primary purpose is to instruct. Granted, the research projects that go on here, in numerous fields, are among the finest in the world. One could even argue that it would be worthwhile for Harvard to devote all of its facilities and resources to this research alone. To the best of my knowledge, though, that option has not been chosen. In fact, Harvard prides itself on offering superior education. Why, then, is teaching ability such a low priority...
...Crimson writes, "We are reluctant to ask President Rudenstine to lower the high tenure standards that make Harvard the nation's finest University." On the contrary, if we are judging a university, I would argue that the current standards are too low, and that the method of selection is inherently flawed. Harvard tenures scholars instead of teachers. As a result, there is no guarantee that Harvard has "the best faculty on the senior level." Instead, Harvard has prestigious research and a student body that, from the committee's standpoint, is largely regarded as superfluous...
Composed in 1932, Dmitri Shostakovich's second and last opera is one of the finest scores of the 20th century, a passionate and bawdy setting of Nikolai Leskov's 1865 short story. This tale of a frustrated, lascivious and ultimately homicidal rural housewife and her working-class lover boosted Shostakovich's art to a new level of technical assurance and emotional maturity, and at age 25 he appeared well on his way to becoming the most important operatic composer of the century. Then, in 1936, the Soviet authorities denounced the popular Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk as "muddle instead of music...
...break free of the capital's grip. Even Andrew Jackson couldn't resist the privileges of power. After his people had trashed the White House, he retained three servants who had worked for his elitist predecessor -- a French chef, a steward and a butler -- and began serving the finest clarets at dinner. He also hired a painter, who promptly began immortalizing his subject in heroic oil portraits. The rest is history...
...coach went on to lead the San Francisco 49ers, who haven't had a Rhodes Scholar since sports was dropped from the selection criteria! Only teams with records reeking of futility, such as the University of Chicago's Maroons, can claim to uphold the tradition of the nation's finest institutions of higher learning. No matter how much it pains us, we at Harvard must learn to see excellence in mediocrity...