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...People often tell me that their college years were the best years of their lives. Admittedly, some of these people live in that area outside of the Coop and spend all day sitting in one position holding a cardboard sign with grammatical errors. But if Harvard has taught me one thing, it is that you should always be polite to the people who try to instigate conversations with you at Starbucks, because you will wind up running into them a year later, and they will remember everything you told them the last time about your imaginary sister...

Author: By Alexandra A. Petri | Title: Harvard Rules | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...forever grateful for their leadership, we will see even larger benefits in the years ahead as this new financial-aid program slowly but surely changes long-held views that Harvard and institutions like it are accessible only to the already-privileged. Such fundamental changes in public perceptions of institutions often take a generation or more...

Author: By Sarah C. Donahue, William R. Fitzsimmons, and Marlyn E. McGrath | Title: Democratizing Harvard | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...unaware of their opportunities. Among the many structural barriers to opportunity is an average student-to-counselor ratio in our nation’s public schools of 500 to one, in some states nearly 1,000 to one. Because these high-school counselors are overworked and under-resourced, it often falls to us to convey the message of accessibility and affordability that has led to the new Harvard...

Author: By Sarah C. Donahue, William R. Fitzsimmons, and Marlyn E. McGrath | Title: Democratizing Harvard | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...worst contract violations that I’ve seen at Harvard.” Carens, who helped organize the protest, is part of a leftist core group of about 10 union members known as “Reform HUCTW” that has often advocated for more drastic reforms than the union at large...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Staffers Time Protest With Commencement Events | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

Since President Ronald Reagan appointed Scalia to the bench, he has often been called the intellectual leader of the conservative wing of the court, according to Fallon...

Author: By Eric P. Newcomer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Antonin G. Scalia | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

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