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...aware that the Yard had somehow been taken away from undergraduates in Harvard College and thus in need of being reclaimed. If, however, the means by which that objective is accomplished relies on members of a band of musicians or their hired thugs who lack even a modicum of civility toward the people who actually make this place work for undergraduates (and all the rest of us), then I question the means by which that objective is being achieved...
With any luck—and a modicum of respect for campus opinion on the part of the University—students will soon be able to live with whomever they choose, regardless of their roommates’ gender. On Sunday, the Undergraduate Council (UC) passed, with a single “nay” vote, a bill recommending that consensual mixed-gender rooming be an option available to all upperclassmen. Sunday’s legislation is long overdue and provides an excellent opportunity for the Committee on House Life (CHL) to act to quickly to eliminate outmoded provisions...
...proposal by Faculty Council members yesterday to select their next dean marks a break from centuries of Harvard tradition.But the bid by professors to establish a modicum of self-governance in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) is in some respects an attempt to return to Harvard’s historically decentralized administrative structure.If the Faculty does take control of the dean search, that would infringe upon the president’s traditional sphere of influence.Yet, while yesterday’s proposal in some senses upends the standard dean selection process, it also highlights the reality that?...
...takes is a modicum of intelligence [to defend ourselves],” he said. “We have the Fourth Amendment and strict evidentiary requirements...
Klaus also said he that he supports the Czech Republic’s membership despite his opposition to many of the EU practices. Klaus’s justification for Czech membership lies in the idea that post-Communist countries need EU acceptance to achieve some modicum of “international recognition” and legitimacy...