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...been subjected to quotas or excluded altogether in an earlier era. My presence here today—and indeed that of many others on this platform—would have been unimaginable even a few short years ago. Those who charge that universities are unable to change should take note of this transformation, of how different we are from universities even of the mid 20th century. And those who long for a lost golden age of higher education should think about the very limited population that alleged utopia actually served. College used to be restricted to a tiny elite...
...Cheney noted that "we have been safe for six years." She did not mention that almost 4,000 U.S. service members and tens of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians have lost their lives. But history might note that. Lawrence J. Martin, Elburn...
...cream on a warm day, money with which to throw parties and, of course, concise club names. But some students have lost sight of this last one, choosing names that leave their clubs with unfortunate acronyms or throwing in unnecessary words to achieve cutesy backronyms. Either way, FM (note: only two letters) presents the fifteen worst, and occasionally fictional, in its mission to shame people into better club names. 1) Harvard College Chinese Chess Club (HCCCC) 2) Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa (YALDA) 3) Mental Health Awareness and Advocacy Group (MHAAG) 4) Harvard College Association of Practice...
...council. We had a great time.5.FM: As you discuss in “The Case Against Perfection,” genetic engineering will diminish human appreciation of innate gifts. Who cares though, if I can get some huge biceps?MJS: Why not try the gym instead?[Editors’ note: FM refuses to try the gym, on principle.]6.FM: Speaking of huge biceps, are you in touch with former University President Lawrence H. Summers?MJS: We were together recently at a conference in Europe on what makes an educated person in the 21st century. We voiced our usual disagreements...
...International Court of Justice ruling, but aggressively pursuing presidential powers at the same time," says Thomas Goldstein, who heads the Supreme Court practice of the Washington law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld LLP. "The idea is that you can essentially write the states a note and tell them what to do. It's a very novel assertion of presidential powers...