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...very little calculus. He did not know the names of mathematical symbols on the test and resorted to describing each symbol to me by its physical appearance. Thus an integral sign, the most basic symbol of calculus, was "something that looks like an 's'." Those who are not blind often fail to appreciate that I have never seen mathematical symbols. Blind people use the Nemeth Braille Code of Mathematic and Scientific Notations, which has no relation to the physical appearance of printed mathematical symbols. Thus my proctor's efforts to describe the physical appearance of symbols on the exam...
...Politicians] are often caught between an establishment which is, for the most part, unwilling to change, and a cynical public which is unwilling to fund the same," Paleologos said...
...stands, any attempt to pull an ad in the name of our editorial stance is merely blinding ourselves to reality. This paper and any other depends on its advertising revenue to stay in print. More often than not our ads come from firms that contravene our sense of morality...
...Crimson's business department is run separately from its newsgathering operation for a reason. Reporters are free to investigate stories, even if that scares off a substantial ad account. And conversely, advertisements are often run even though they contradict our editorial stance; for example, despite more than a decade of editorials in favor of Harvard's support staff union organizing, we have continued to publish the administration's ads in opposition to this drive...
...March nighttime assaults on students outside Boylston Hall and Widener library have led to no additions to Harvard Yard security. Few lights and rather scattered, often nonfunctional phones make Harvard students and their friends easy targets. It is for those who walk through Harvard Yard--and other parts of the campus--to provide their own protection...