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...there aren’t risks involved for the College. Some students may get into other schools’ early programs and not consider Harvard. But given Harvard’s ability to attract students—it has one of the lowest admissions rates and the highest yields in the country—it is a risk worth taking. Fitzsimmons, who led the charge, Bok who fast-tracked it, and the Harvard Corporation, which approved the change on Monday, should be applauded for their audacity and vision in the face of overbearing precedent and potential detriment to the school.The...
Despite this year’s tumult at the highest levels of University administration, Harvard’s fundraisers raked in a smidgen more than last year...
...threat of prosecution comes not from some left-wing activists or even the House Democrats, but from the highest court in the country. In his concurring opinion in the Hamdan v. Rumsfeld case last summer, Justice Anthony Kennedy said that the administration had to live within the Geneva Conventions. "Violations [of the Geneva Conventions] are considered 'war crimes,' punishable as federal offenses, when committed by or against United States nationals and military personnel," he wrote. And for emphasis, Kennedy pointed to paragraph 2441 of the U.S. code, which lays out the penalties for those violations, including life imprisonment...
Swarovski claims to offer the highest quality on the market and the most extensive range of sizes and colors?15,000 in its catalog. In July, Bruno Frisoni launched a couture shoe-and-bag collection for Roger Vivier starring clusters of colored Swarovski crystals. The same week, Dior, Chanel and Jean Paul Gaultier all sent gowns embroidered with Swarovski crystals down their runways...
Nannerl O. Keohane, a member of Harvard’s highest governing board and the former president of Duke University and Wellesley College—and a member of the presidential search committee—also told the Boston Globe in March that she is “not available” for the Harvard presidency...