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...Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for “March,” a novel that imagines a year in the life of the absent father from Louisa May Alcott’s classic, “Little Women.”Nicholas D. Kristof ’81 and Joseph F. Kahn ’87, both former Crimson editors and current writers for The New York Times, won prizes for Commentary and International Reporting, respectively. Playwright Christopher Durang ’71 was recognized as a nominated finalist in the Drama category. Durang will receive the Harvard Arts Medal...
...many private top-tier colleges, such as Harvard, are not reaching out to encourage applications from community colleges.Community college students at Harvard commented that applying to the college was a decision that they had to research on their own. Besselle, a former Vista Community College student in California, and Joseph K. Cooper ’07, a graduate of Florida’s Manatee Community College, both had to proactively seek out application materials to Harvard. When asked about the availability of Harvard application materials at his community college, Besselle responded, “An application to Harvard...
...Abbot ’06 (that’s 1906) is going to be terribly embarrassed by his chess defeat at the hands of A. Breese of Yale in November of 1904, particularly given that the Harvard team won out in the end. The great great grandchildren of Joseph M. Cromwell are not quite as fortunate however—it’s now a matter of easily-searchable public record that their forebear was arrested for stealing a gold watch from Weld Boat House after being expelled from the law school in 1893.It’s easy, though...
...typical Saturday night this September, party-goers showing up in Currier House may find students grappling with Kantian ideals instead of tapping a keg in the Tuchman Living Room (TLR). Joseph L. Badaracco, who is the Shad professor of business ethics, and Deputy Dean of the College Patricia O’Brien, who are the masters of Currier House, sent out an e-mail to all Currier residents last week informing them that the TLR would be converted to a reading room and the art studio to a party space. But not everyone in the House supports the plan. Jonathan...
...Richard Nixon visited China, spurring what Arkush and Lee describe as a new period of "rediscovery and respect." By the beginning of China's reform period in 1978, America was once again viewed in a largely positive light by the average Chinese. "The U.S. represented the good life," says Joseph Cheng, head of the Contemporary China Research Project at City University of Hong Kong. "It also represented, in the eyes of university students, the peak of scientific and technological progress...