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...nearing 2 a.m. last night and Lamont Café, the social headquarters of the freshman class, was abuzz with angst. As I sauntered over to the barista to grab a study break snack, I couldn’t help but notice feisty premeds pounding numbers into past problem-sets to prepare for their last mid-term exams. Wannabe MBAs were schmoozing in the basement, and on the steps outside, anyone too alt to function was smoking American Spirits and counting down to spring break. But if there was one thing in the back of every freshman mind in Lamont last...

Author: By Charles J. Wells, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bystander: Climbing the Housing Ladder | 3/18/2009 | See Source »

...summer 2007, Harris was appointed chair of the newly formed Standing Committee on General Education. Already chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and instructor of a popular Core course, Moral Reasoning 54: “If There is No God, All Is Permitted,” Harris had a significant stake in the trajectory of General Education. The Gen Ed committee is responsible for soliciting and approving prosposals for new courses and departmental alternatives. And, as chair of the committee, Harris was charged with translating the ideals of the final report into a workable curriculum...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Engendering Gen Ed | 3/18/2009 | See Source »

...professors at the Law School said that Goodman chose to relocate largely because of his and his family’s preference to live in New York, rather than the Boston area. In addition to boasting a roster of international law stars, NYU has the attraction of being situated near the United Nations and Wall Street, both of which provide ample opportunities to study globally relevant issues, Alford said. As a result, he said, he was not surprised that Goodman had received an offer to continue his scholarship in what may be the country’s most internationally diverse...

Author: By Athena Y. Jiang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HLS Prof To Leave Harvard for NYU | 3/18/2009 | See Source »

...large screen TV and still has plenty of room for the drunken masses. Although the ten single bedrooms aren’t as large as other Currier singles, the mere fact that this suite is the only one on campus with its own elevator and staircase places it near the top of our list—but it’s still in the Quad.Winthrop: ‘The Palatial Penthouse Palace’The fifth floor of Winthrop’s C-entryway boasts this mammoth suite, home to seven seniors each year. With fantastically insulated walls and prime...

Author: By Catherine A. Zielinski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Where the Party At: Harvard's Sweetest Party Suites | 3/18/2009 | See Source »

...Berkeley rally to issue an impassioned speech in which dubbed policemen "pigs," preached solidarity with the SLA and urged the group to "keep fighting." She joined the cause in earnest in 1975. A quarter-century later, she copped to involvement in two crimes committed that year: a bank robbery near Sacramento in which a customer, Myrna Opsahl, was fatally shot; and the planting of two pipe bombs beneath police cars. (They failed to detonate and were successfully defused...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sara Jane Olson: American Housewife, American Terrorist | 3/18/2009 | See Source »

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