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...Latino student, according to an HAA official. Marshals responded to the news of the results with a mixture of shock, excitement, and gratitude. “There was no way to gauge the support I would get from my classmates, so to get this positive reaction was a huge honor,” Kim said. “I could not have had such a great time at Harvard without the people in my class, so I’m excited to give back to the people who’ve made my experience possible.” Collins said...
Frenk’s soon-to-be colleagues at Harvard said that his newest honor comes as no surprise...
...Harvard. The first, ‘Alphabets,’ he created for the 1984 Phi Beta Kappa induction ceremony, and is one of his more famous poems. He also read ‘Villanelle,’ which he read for the first time in Tercentenary Theater in honor of Harvard’s 350th anniversary. “I thought, ‘how can anyone possibly hear a poem over the loudspeakers?” he said. “So I decided to compose a villanelle. Just repeat repeat repeat.” In the second...
...impulse with intricate rules and attendant penalties all while ennobling the individual desire to succeed by directing it toward a larger, collective goal. Sportsmanship—which today is explained to youngsters as having grace in defeat—affects and develops one’s personal sense of honor: It is better to lose with dignity than to win at all costs...
...Harvard, with our proximity to Boston, sports culture is often immersed in the fortunes of the local Patriots and Red Sox. But Boston fans, notorious for their impetuosity, boorishness, and hooliganism, offer a poor lesson in the virtues of the sports they claim to honor. Thus increases the urgency with which the virtues of athletics must be reclaimed...