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...campus. Our friends are there, our Muslim brothers and sisters are there. That’s what keeps drawing people in—the family feeling, the community feeling.” Others said the holiday made the transition to college easier. “I’m glad that Ramadan started two weeks after Harvard started. It sort of eases you in,” said Batool Z. Ali ’10. Tellawi described Ramadan as a “time to work on personal character” when Muslims focus on charity and reading the Koran...
...that the issue was not Iran’s right to have nuclear weapons, but human rights,” Carter said. However, Ahmadinejad “returned to his set position,” according to Carter, and did not respond. Nonetheless, Carter said he was glad he had the opportunity to “take a measure of the man who presents such a problem for U.S. foreign policy.” Carter added that the Iranian leader’s attitude may possibly change with time. Even though Ahmadinejad clashed with council members, Dillon Professor of Government...
...glad that your astronomy cover story about the first stars [Sept. 4] dealt with what we astronomers really do rather than the mere semantic debate over whether Pluto is a planet or a dwarf planet. Michael Lemonick wonderfully conveyed the feel of using a big telescope and showed how astronomers work together, observing in different parts of the spectrum to gain a complete picture of that early stage of our universe. Jay M. Pasachoff Director, Hopkins Observatory Williams College Williamstown, Massachusetts...
...When asked why it had taken the university more than three decades to further solidify its commitment to the field with the creation of a center—Harvard’s department began in 1969—Appiah replied, “I’m glad it’s being done now. At Princeton, when it does something it must do it properly.”The creation of the center certainly falls in line with the university’s continued efforts to diversify—Princeton was the last Ivy to admit African-Americans...
...glad that your astronomy cover story about the first stars [Sept. 4] dealt with what we astronomers really do rather than the mere semantic debate over whether Pluto is a planet or a dwarf planet. Michael Lemonick wonderfully conveyed the feeling of using a big telescope and showed how astronomers work together observing in different parts of the spectrum to gain a complete picture of that early stage of our universe. Jay M. Pasachoff Director, Hopkins Observatory Williams College Williamstown, Massachusetts, U.S. The article on the birth of stars was a breath of fresh air at a time when...