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...Board in our academic and social community. It is here—perhaps as nowhere else—that our common goals are brought together. The recommendations will diminish the mystery surrounding the Board, and the fear and sometimes terror students feel. With such changes afoot, we might look forward to the full engagement of students, faculty, resident deans, and administrators in the challenging work of the Administrative Board...
...intellectual muscles but also to engage with one’s incredibly interesting and diverse peers. Harvard should expand its current orientation programs to encompass a series of workshops on diversity, including socioeconomic diversity, and on being sensitive to the first-generation college-goers in the classroom. Workshop leaders might include high-profile alumni and current students who came from these backgrounds, and testimonials from roommates, teammates, and others they encountered...
...sets on this June evening in New England, the steadfast courage of Harriet Tubman fills the air. Encouraged by the idealism of our “melting pot” nation, she would be gratified to see an African-American as president. Tubman’s humanitarian efforts now might span oceans to infiltrate regions of the globe where civil liberties are severely curtailed or tragically nonexistent. Whether in Darfur or Myanmar, knowledge gained from her struggles with the Underground Railroad to free slaves might well be applied in achieving emancipation for others. Perhaps she would consider leading Amnesty International...
...chore into a routine—but I never thought it would be relegated to the background to the extent that it has been here. No matter. As long as Harvard supports quaint old jazz, Collectives will come and go, and other musicians will get a taste of what might have been...
Though Franklin’s keen mind might immediately produce an aphorism from Poor Richard’s Almanac on the collapse of Wall Street in October, one of the other guests lingering at the table might be left utterly befuddled by the cataclysmic events of our time. Adam Smith, founder of free market economics, might query his own writings from The Wealth of Nations regarding government intervention in capitalism. When asked by the waiter for his order, the eccentric Smith replies with a knowing smile: perseverance. But it is plausible that the confusion of our economic meltdown would lead...