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...officially recognized by the Sundance Film Festival. This year the festival accepted Joel Stein's Completely Unfabricated Adventures into its short-film competition--one of only 96 entries chosen out of 5,632 submissions. Getting a short into Sundance is more difficult than getting into Harvard and an even greater indication that you have rich parents...
...applaud Peter Beinart's suggestion to inject some economic realism into our foreign policy [Feb. 2]. An America that demonstrates an understanding of its limitations and a fiscal pragmatism in its foreign policy will command far greater respect abroad than one that takes the dogmatic, open-checkbook approach of the Bush Administration. But why stop with Iraq and Afghanistan? Barack Obama should look at the rationale for maintaining forces in Germany, Japan and South Korea. Even among our allies, our presence on their soil makes little sense to many and is not appreciated. Our days as the world's policeman...
...only a vehicle for discussion, but also as a direct agent for action. “We want to use the resources that we have from across the different graduate schools and college to benefit the surrounding communities in need,” Cormier said. Some initiatives include achieving greater diversity amongst university faculty, obtaining free diabetes screenings for the public, and engaging in active debate during the impending Criminal Record Offender Information reform. James Hoyte, Assistant to the University President, was present at the meeting in a demonstration of support for the Harvard chapter. Juan Cofield, president...
...released a report last December emphasizing the value of the arts in research institutions such as Harvard. According to Faust, the findings called for an end to the “‘curricular banishment of the arts,” and has generated much anticipation for a greater presence of the arts in academic offerings.However, the Freshman Seminar Program—which is entering its 50th year—had already begun to broaden arts-oriented curricular opportunities for freshman. These seminars, which typically are capped at a dozen or so students, provide incoming undergraduates with the chance...
...effectiveness of programs that receive government money turns out to be a monumental task, and the Bush Administration never did implement a widespread assessment program. In the current economic climate, the pressure to direct taxpayer money to only those programs that actually achieve the desired results will be even greater. But it is still unclear whether DuBois and his staff will be given the resources to carry through on their boss's pledge...