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...about posting the Commandments in public spaces, but more broadly about who “we” are as a nation. A Harvard graduate should be able to speak coherently and analytically on the uses and misuses of religion and not rely on talk show commentators for a grasp of the issues...
...Hilles (SOCH), aspires to make the trek to the quad worth it for Harvard’s student body. Under his leadership, he said, Hilles “will become the place to be.” “Once you set foot inside this building and grasp the magnitude of what is offered here, the space draws you in and asks to be used,” Friedrich wrote in an e-mail. Friedrich, a Harvard Divinity School graduate, took office on Sept. 25 to oversee Hilles’ new facilities and help student groups maximize the center?...
...humankind, and it is this: If God really is God, then God must, by definition, surpass our human understanding. Not entirely. We have Scripture; we have reason; we have religious authority; we have our own spiritual experiences of the divine. But there is still something we will never grasp, something we can never know--because God is beyond our human categories. And if God is beyond our categories, then God cannot be captured for certain. We cannot know with the kind of surety that allows us to proclaim truth with a capital T. There will always be something that eludes...
...cosmetic arts also had improved. I received a silicone hand that was so lifelike it passed for real in social settings. But Pretty Boy, as I called it, kept tearing and afforded the precision of a boxing glove. It was too spongy to grasp anything small and too slippery to hold most objects for long...
...carried great weight for both teams. Dartmouth, featuring just one senior and three juniors on its roster—just like Harvard in 2005—set out to prove that it could succeed despite its inexperience. Meanwhile, after watching several close Ancient Eight matches slip out of its grasp last season, the Crimson needed to show that it was psychologically tough enough to win in high-pressure situations. And just under two hours after senior Sarah Cebron served to open the match, Harvard demonstrated that it had scaled that mental barrier. “It’s gone...