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...anything, Smith’s words underscore the importance of allowing all Harvard students an equal opportunity to sample the political and literary works of non-Western cultures in order to the prevent the sort of blind-eyed ignorance that his article attempts to propagate...
...Core areas that were agreed upon were: Literature, Fine Arts, Music and Contexts of Culture, Historical Orientation, Historical Process and Perspective, Social Analysis, Moral and Political Philosophy, Physical Science and Mathematics, Biological and Behavioral Science and either Western Europe (including language) or a major non-Western culture...
...politically oppress their people and to imprison, torture and murder them. Ironically, these are among the same abuses that the U.S. government now cites in its argument for a military invasion of Iraq. Our policymakers continue to demonstrate a purely self-serving attitude toward the populations of poor non-Western countries. SHARON CONNOR Encinitas, Calif...
...recently added the Koran to reflect the increasingly multicultural society in which the institution found itself. And, lest anyone decry the Columbia system as close-minded, it should be noted that, in addition to the Euro-centric humanities requirements, students there must take two semesters of classes that examine non-Western cultures to a far greater depth than Harvard’s Foreign Cultures Core requirement mandates...
...despite the noble goals of UNESCO, the U.S. resigned from the organization in 1984 because of the organization’s left-wing bias. This was an example of the kind of snub that has hurt America’s standing in the eyes of many non-Western countries. Last Thursday, a bipartisan report was published saying that the U.S. image has greatly suffered at the UN. The report recommended that the U.S. build up its influence by involving itself much more deeply in the behind-the-scenes workings of the UN. America’s re-entry...