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...didn’t matter that Melinda is two years older—Casey N. Cep ’07 is not one to put a ceiling on her ambitions. She was recently named a Rhodes Scholar, an honor she refers to as “a grant to read over the summer.” But before she transplants herself to Oxford University, where she will “read” theology, she will have to finish her senior thesis for the English and American Literature and Language department. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
Next fall, Harvard will also offer a grant for students to participate in an exchange program with universities in Canada and Mexico...
Those who persevere might someday be rewarded with entrance to the Elysian fields of the tenured life, where grant money flows like water and job security is a non-consideration. Many tenured faculty members spend their time happily working on their pet research projects and supervising armies of graduate student assistants. When it comes to teaching undergraduates, however, they do the bare minimum...
...Undergraduate Council (UC) representatives spent their nights hitting up the Harvard party scene on official Council business this weekend. Under legislation passed last month, the UC tightened oversight of its party fund, whereby Council representatives check up on parties receiving grant money. These “party investigators” would inspect specifically assigned parties funded by the UC to determine whether or not they are sufficiently publicized and accessible to the entire undergraduate body, UC Party Fund Director Samson F. Ayele ’09 wrote in an e-mail to the UC open list...
...eternity. The new president should realize that the UC’s value to students lies not only in the once-in-a-while concessions it extracts from University Hall, but also in the entertainment it provides (i.e. the debate it promotes and the celebrity status it can grant to certain leaders). Whether pushing for calendar reform or a student endowment, the UC’s new chief shouldn’t slink into the shadows of presidential duty. He must embrace the campus-wide spotlight that is the UC presidency...