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Pulitzer-prize winning historian Steven Hahn advocated for a new perspective on the historical legacy of the Civil War yesterday evening to a crowd largely made up of fellow academics. In his talk, entitled “‘Slaves at Large??: Slavery and the Emancipation Process in the U.S.” Hahn, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, suggested that the divide between North and South was not as distinct as historians portray it, and that emancipation was a longer and more gradual process. Hahn emphasized the importance of looking at the Civil...
...specialists is asking far too much of a single person, no matter how much they know about Harvard. The best way to change this status quo—which is doomed to failure—is to start by emulating the sophomore advising program, which—by and large??seems to be working...
...hope the spotlight of the award will give activists the momentum they need to finally catalyze the world into actively combating climate change. While awareness of the critical issue of climate change has grown over the last several years, some in the United States and the world at large??an alarming number of whom are in positions of power—have remained frustratingly unconvinced of the importance and urgency of global warming. They see the evidence of man’s impact unpersuasive and delude themselves into thinking that any serious effects of any climate change that...
...economics, sociology, anthropology, and public policy. Harvard has a handful of war scholars and courses directly related to the subject. But the topic is so vast and important to our nation’s immediate and long-term future that we believe Harvard—and academia at large??should devote more resources to its study and teaching. Otherwise, the University will have abdicated an important part of its mission—to educate wise and informed citizens...
...full amnesty policy for those who go to and bring friends to UHS. The Committee on Social Clubs would do well to think more about the social and health impact of their policies and less about teaching a lesson in discipline to—by and large??pragmatic young adults...