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...feasible it is to grant every student, including the most science-phobic, Shakespeare-toting humanities junkie, the serious knowledge about science Summers calls for. In speeches, Summers has justified the need for scientific understanding on the basis of the needs of a globalized society, another perennial (if somewhat meaningless) refrain in this curricular review. What’s all too obvious, unfortunately, is that this pro-sciences argument follows economic and political lines rather than the intellectual, moral and idealistic principles of liberal arts espoused in the Conant review, which sought to make Harvard students into educated members...
...Harvard men’s basketball team a chance to upset Penn or Princeton. But this is the easy way out. Winning a two-week tournament should not trump four months of games. And yet, in college hockey and basketball (except the Ivy League), the regular season is deemed meaningless. At-large bids help, but only for the big schools. In men’s hockey, the ECAC received just one bid this year—and it belongs to Harvard...
...Poor, Still Left Behind Thank you for the article "Subcontinental Divide," on the Indian economy, which is definitely experiencing a boom [Feb. 23]. As you reported, India's middle class is exploding in size, but unfortunately, there are millions of poverty-stricken people for whom the progress is meaningless. Much of India lacks even minimal infrastructure, and conditions are deplorable. Are the "happy new capitalists" enthusiastic enough to undertake developmental work in needy regions? The population growth in our country has us lagging behind in prehistoric stages of development. However much the government tries to tout India's growth...
...nature of Harvard College. (Of course, Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 also has a sizeable role to play—but, as last year’s firing of Harry R. Lewis ’68 showed, Gross’ position is ultimately meaningless without the support, both financial and ideological, of the Dean of the Faculty...
...private get-together” for Harvard’s gay male community, with the guest list and e-mails furnished courtesy of the search engine of thefacebook.com. Even during the fete’s early moments, there wasn’t much by way of awkward introductions or meaningless chit-chat, as everyone was already fairly well acquainted with each other’s political views, interests and favorite quotes. Indeed, by the end of the night, there wasn’t much, if anything, that hadn’t been shared by most of those in attendance...