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However, caught up in the glory of their cause, the College’s budding political philosophers have forgotten the more important question: Why should Harvard be democratic? After all, the vast majority of institutions in this world—businesses, sports teams, law firms, armies, hospitals, high schools—aren’t very democratic either. And like these organizations, Harvard University isn’t a government; in fact, it’s a corporation...
...other students on behalf of the Ad Board in order to avoid being personally held responsible. An yet the administration hesitates to acknowledge that students may now be encouraged to go to off-campus locations or drink in more dangerous environments as a result. Unfortunately, we seem to have forgotten that we can collaboratively protect the community and socialize in a legal and safe...
...brought personal solace and public ridicule. In one of his last letters to his mother, who never embraced these beliefs, he wrote: "What does it matter what anyone says of me. I have a good hide by this time." After his death in 1930, all of this would be forgotten and Conan Doyle would be immortalized as the creator of Sherlock Holmes. It was not the legacy he wanted - but in the end, it was not for him to decide...
...been to Burma only once, in the late 1980s, and the seemingly placid surface of that exquisite nation hid the passions of a people who yearned for freedom. It was one of the world's forgotten tragedies, until, that is, Burma forced itself back into global consciousness last month when vivid images of protesting Buddhist monks slipped past the restrictions imposed by the country's repressive military regime. We published two quick news stories, but we also planned a bigger take, sending Bangkok-based writer Andrew Marshall into the country...
What are folks doing with all the extra healthy years? Many are pursuing long-forgotten passions. Patrick Bookey, 57, of North Pole, Alaska, chucked a 25-year career as a high school music teacher to pick up woodworking, which he had enjoyed in grade school. So what if he makes half his old salary? "It's the most stress-relieving thing you can do," he says. "I absolutely love it. My wife has to come get me out of the shop in the evening...