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When Alan C. Heimert '49 announced in February that he would resign from his role as master of Eliot House, the ensuing search had all the hallmarks of a typical Harvard selection: a tight-lipped advisory committee, frequently-made but scarcely-followed deadlines, and students left in the dark.
Tight-lipped officials holding closed-door meetings with airtight security. Men in dark suits being whisked into waiting limousines. What is this, The Godfather IV?
The people who might logically be charged with evoking this excess cheer -- the military, the Bush Administration and Congress, foreign leaders and the news media -- are quick to point out that they voiced caution before the confrontation and again even during the elation of its first days. Yet many of...
Disgruntlement among the press was roiling all week. Press briefings in Saudi Arabia grew testy, as tight-lipped officers evaded questions as simple as what the weather was like over Iraq. Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams was fending off more attacks than an Iraqi supply depot. "There is a beast of...
To most, the "B.U. Divest" sign seemed innocuous. But not to Silber. Every time the loose-lipped administrator turned around to admire the view, the offending message called out to Silber like a blight on the landscape. Bruce Springsteen posters and foreign flags were one thing, but posters criticizing the...