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...reality merits a closer look. “Upon arrival at one of the world’s most famous institutions of higher learning,” the Boston Globe reported in January, a first-year student will “most likely...be advised by a graduate student—who may or may not understand the ins and outs of Harvard’s undergraduate system.” Substituting for faculty advisers less-experienced graduate students, “who may or may not” know what they’re doing, seriously calls into question...
...Western “pluralistic” lens so that nobody’s feelings get hurt. Meanwhile, students who do not hew a narrow ideological line will suffer in the classroom. Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield ’53 described Harvard professors to the Boston Globe: “Everybody is a liberal and shows it. They conduct classes in such a way as to make conservatives feel excluded. The atmosphere is very politicized.” No one should delight in this. A “politicized atmosphere” that dogmatically excludes one side...
...News and its conservative agenda. But in terms of Murdoch's real influence--not to mention his bottom line--nothing emanating from Roger Ailes' cable channel remotely compares to News Corp.'s $6.6 billion takeover of satellite broadcaster DirecTV. The deal, approved by regulators in December, extends Murdoch's globe-spanning satellite empire to North America; bolsters his strategy of marrying distribution and content; and seems to have triggered, as his maneuvers often do, another tectonic shift in the communications landscape. Why is Comcast suddenly bidding for Disney and Viacom eyeing the cable industry? Because on the billiard table that...
Imagine having U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's job--with the only difference being that member countries care more viscerally about the decisions you make. Joseph (Sepp) Blatter, 68, the president of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), rules over the globe's most popular sport and its unruly passions. Soccer is often called "the simple game" or the "beautiful game," but its administration is neither. FIFA deals with issues ranging from wars, riots, corruption and citizenship to the proper application of the offside rule. And that was just last Sunday. FIFA's top spot is easily...
...animal-free circus prototype that emphasized heart-tingling theatricality, New Age sensibilities and jaw-dropping athleticism. Then his troupe invaded Las Vegas, bringing imaginative original productions to the land of showgirls and Elvis impersonators. Today, Laliberte's 3,000-strong company juggles nine spectacular shows: five that tour the globe and four resident ones, the biggest of which, O in Vegas, has been entirely sold out for five years...