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When Tribe arrived in Cambridge in 1958 at the age of 16, art and mathematics were his passions, and the latter would become his major. He soon became a star debater—as in high school—reaching the quarterfinals of the national debate championships as a sophomore and winning it as a junior...
...political figurehead of the Roman Catholic Church. He made quite a clumsy statement at a time when the tension between civilizations is growing. I disagree with any attempt to draw a line between Islam and Christianity by trying to prove that the former is more "irrational" than the latter. Christianity's violent past shows that such a claim can't be justified. Andriy Sukhodub Dundee, Scotland...
History: New courses include Hist 1733 “Cuba: Culture and Society” and Hist 1469 “The Holocaust: History and Memory,” although the latter looks to be a poor man’s Anthro 1710 “Memory Politics” (offered next fall). Hist 16909 “The US and Imperialism” certainly seems timely, for those so inclined...
...crowd is keeping up with Obama, listening closely as he segues into a detailed discussion of the federal budget. Eventually, he realizes he has been filibustering and apologizes to the crowd for "making a speech." No one seems to care, since Obama is doing something pretty rare in latter-day American politics: he is respecting their intelligence. He's a liberal, but not a screechy partisan. Indeed, he seems obsessively eager to find common ground with conservatives. "It's such a relief after all the screaming you see on TV," says Chuck Sweeny, political editor of the Rockford Register Star...
...last Thursday evening in Paine Hall with a concert featuring student performers. The concert explored the musical influences from Bernstein’s youth and time at Harvard during the first half, and continued demonstrating the presence of these influences in Bernstein’s own works in the latter half of the performance. It was a fitting retrospective on Bernstein’s early development as a musician as well as a remarkable display of Harvard’s current musical talent. The concert began with two traditional Jewish songs that had a large presence in Bernstein?...