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Despite the lack of suspense surrounding Lowell’s selection, the search and appointment attracted national interest...
Alas, it is not the lack of a meeting itself that is ultimately disturbing. It is, more appropriately, the underwhelming way in which this Faculty has assumed responsibility amid a crisis of leadership of its own creation. A year which promised renewal and change has given us little, and we hope the future University President and FAS dean take note: While this faculty may buck off your leadership, without it, there’s just "insufficient business...
When John F. Kennedy visited Berlin in June 1963, the Berlin Wall had been standing for only two years. The cold war was settling in for a long freeze. West Berliners were dismayed by the West's seeming lack of concern about their city's partition. It was a time when well-chosen words could change history...
...only a couple of months into the 2008 election cycle and already some things have the weight of cliche - the "Mormon question" about Mitt Romney, John McCain's precarious relationship with the Republican base, Hillary's and Obama's coyness about whether they're running, Joe Biden's complete lack of it. Viewed from almost any distance outside the Beltway, the current contest for each party's nomination seems less like a horse race than an awkward cocktail party, full of subtle maneuvers for better placement, coded messages of disapproval, blatant pandering, and a few uninvited guests...
...When people ask me why there aren’t more women in student leadership positions at Harvard, I tell them this story. Women don’t lack leadership positions because Harvard is sexist and students won’t vote for women. If a woman runs in an election, she is just as likely to win that race as her male counterparts. The problem is not that women are less likely to win elections, but rather that women are less likely to enter those races in the first place...