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...It’s like being the last person to leave a party, and everyone else has left and you’re still drinking your whisky in the corner, and the host wants you to leave, but you just refuse, because you really love the song that’s playing.” So it goes for “super seniors,” according to Thea S. Morton ’06-’07. It certainly seems as if there’s a significant chunk of ’06 lagging behind...
...Harnessing the power of popular opinion to prod a whole continent to do better is a 21st century kind of philanthropy, quite different from setting up hospitals and libraries. But Ibrahim has touched a chord. He has backing from a host of luminaries, including Bill Clinton, Kofi Annan, Tony Blair, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz and former Irish President Mary Robinson. Nelson Mandela endorses the idea too: "This will allow Africans to measure their leaders against the highest standards of good governance," he says "It is appropriate that this will be the largest prize in the world. Nothing is more...
...liberal arts. To treat literature and the arts as mere tools for the investigation of different societies—essentially, the philosophy of the “Cultural Traditions and Cultural Change” category—suppresses the innate value of novels, poems, symphonies, plays, paintings, and a host of other works of art. Surely, the appreciation of beauty, artistic achievement, and the richness of the human experience is just as relevant to an educated person in the modern world as is competence in analytical skills and basic scientific concepts.It is not sufficient, furthermore, to combine both literature...
...dominating win, Harvard was next on the list, earning the sailing team’s third second-place finish of the season. The Crimson took third in A-division behind sophomore skipper Megan Watson and senior crew Christina Dahlman, who beat out Yale, Boston College, MIT, and host-Connecticut College, among other schools. Tufts followed St. Mary’s in the division. “We did well, and it was in really challenging conditions,” Dahlman said. “The conditions were breezy, shifty, and something we’re not really used to sailing...
...song, and celebration will feature in the festivities as students celebrate the Hindu festival Diwali, also known as the “festival of lights,” next week. One of the most popular and eagerly awaited religious festivals in India, Diwali is celebrated at Harvard through a host of celebratory events. Diwali marks the Indian New Year and commemorates the return of the legendary King Rama from exile. The entire celebration lasts for five days and usually falls in late October and November. Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) started off the Diwali celebrations this week with a traditional...