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...with the exception of student leaders and a few particularly spirited undergrads, the student body has insisted on apathy throughout the Summers era. And by and large, their response to the President’s resignation has not quite been the emphatic uproar described in some of the nation??s newspapers. Maybe next time, says Undergraduate Council President John S. Haddock ’07: “It’s essential that undergraduate students become very active in the search for a new university president,” he says. “Students need...
...minor—one of his last and most recognizable works—will feature prominently in the performance. Mozart’s upcoming anniversary has made him seem a bit like Willy Loman: apparently, homage must be paid. But while countless orchestras across the nation??and across campus—have been obligatorily trotting out his works, BachSoc will further embellish its celebration of Mozart’s legacy by performing a piece by Heitor Villa-Lobos. The Brazilian composer’s Sinfonietta No. 1, written in 1916, was created to honor the memory of Mozart...
Listening to the sound bites emanating from our nation??s capital last week, one might have thought President Bush was trying to install Saddam Hussein as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Instead, the source of the hullabaloo was the response to the Dubai Ports World’s purchase of Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, a British shipping company that operates ports in New York, Baltimore, Newark, and Miami.At first glance, this might seem to be a normal reality of globalization. The caveat that roused all our public servants from their midwinter slumber is that...
...History and Literature concentrator from Mather House, decided to devote his career instead to the city of his alma mater. Last month, his fellow city councillors appointed him mayor of Cambridge.A city councillor since 1989, Reeves previously served as mayor of Cambridge between 1992 and 1995. He was the nation??s first mayor to be both African American and openly gay.Cambridge’s Plan E form of government makes the mayor a largely symbolic figure. The City’s nine councillors elect a mayor from amongst themselves every two years. A hired city manager, meanwhile...
Only 13 black economics professors teach undergraduates at the nation??s 25 highest ranking universities, according to a recent survey conducted by the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education (JBHE). This represents approximately one percent of the total number of economics professors at these schools. Twelve years ago, a survey of the same universities found 11 black economists. Harvard is no exception to the trend, with Caroline M. Hoxby ’88 as its only black economics professor. Prejudice against black economists does not seem to be at the root of the problem, according to the study...