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...reality often isn’t that simple. London’s strange, new ethnic milieu??the setting of Zadie Smith’s amazing first novel “White Teeth”—is rife with fear and uncertainty. A generation on the decline—Archie’s generation—retreats into an imagined past for comfort, while the next struggles with a seemingly divergent identity. With an acute sense of both the pathos and the humor of the modern immigrant’s lot, Smith crafts a narrative that entertains...

Author: By Candace I. Munroe, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Towards a Post-National Novel | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

...research universities. Stanford has had an honor code since 1921, Princeton since 1893, and the University of Virginia since 1842.In a 1985 Harvard study commissioned by then-Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence, author Brian Melendez ’86 cited the “Harvard milieu?? as one of the barriers to the creation of a code.“The self-reliance and self-interest of the Harvard student might smother an honor code before it had a chance to grow and thrive,” Melendez wrote.Paula F. Popescu...

Author: By Stephanie S. Garlow, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bok Backs Honor Code, but Will the College? | 5/3/2006 | See Source »

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