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...dismissed concerns that the proposed curriculum gives students too much freedom, arguing that most students will seek classes outside their discipline.“I think these fears are overdrawn,” said Maier, a former Crimson editorial chair. “These concerns rest up on a notion of our students which really is not worthy of them.”And Harvard College Professor and Kemper Professor of American History James T. Kloppenberg said that from conversations with officials at Brown University and Amherst College, which have few academic requirements for undergraduates, he learned that between...
...downfall would never have received much publicity were it not for the illicit activity which took place under its auspices.But let’s not be hasty. A concept frequently tossed around in legal circles is the doctrine of “chilling effects,” the notion that an unclear standard of law can discourage innovation or progress by leaving its would-be heralds unsure of their standing. The Grokster inducement standard is nothing if not unclear—the court opinion itself was decidedly vague (it left even the question of Grokster’s own activities...
...both (including this year's The Brothers Grimm and Lords of Dogtown), at least in the U.S. Even Brokeback Mountain, which was the talk of the Toronto and Venice film festivals and has generated lip-smacking advance criticism, could be a tough sell. Many people might find the notion of gay cowboys too jarring In Texas, where the movie is partly set, voters just overwhelmingly endorsed a ban on gay marriage. But producer James Schamus is confident people will see the love story, not the politics. "Young girls are going to be a huge part of this movie," he says...
...Klein's column "Look Who's Back!" [Oct. 31], on the political fall and rise of Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Chalabi, referred to "the greasy residue on his r?sum?." Chalabi was responsible for erroneous information about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction as well as the notion that invading U.S. troops would be greeted as saviors by the Iraqis. Those missteps do not make him an ideal candidate to be the next Prime Minister of Iraq. Chalabi's renewed friendliness with the Bush Administration is his key qualification to be the Bush-approved Prime Minister of Iraq. Chalabi...
...entirely within the UC’s institutional purview. But even though it turns out that the UC is technically within its rights to opine on this sort of issue, it is irresponsible for it to do so, in its current form. We elect UC representatives without the foggiest notion of where they stand on important issues like Harvard employees’ wages, expecting them to rubber stamp our party grant applications and sell us tickets to successfully-organized events. What advocacy we expect them to do is wholly within the realm of undergraduate life at Harvard?...