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...most recent ABC News/Washington Post poll, 62% of respondents say the Iraq war was "not worth fighting." Why do you think public opinion on that question has shifted...
...McClintick writes.At the Feb. 7 Faculty meeting that precipitated the president’s demise, Summers—confronted with McClintick’s charges—said he was “not knowledgeable of the facts and circumstances to be able to express an opinion as a consequence of my recusal.” The Harvard Corporation’s senior fellow, James R. Houghton ’58, would later defend Summers’ response—or lack thereof. “Given his recusal, his consequent lack of knowledge of the University?...
...group that interacted with Stone beyond the context of the class.A veteran of Stone’s freshman seminar, Tiffany T. Niver ’08, says that “although he had done much and was so knowledgeable in his field, he always asked us our opinion.” She says that he was a “quiet leader” who motivated students by expressing genuine care and dedication.Stone also helped shape and develop the mission of the Leadership Institute at Harvard College, a young organization geared towards cultivating leadership and promoting networking and inspired...
...Harvard,” his Harvard Law School (HLS) friend, Donald S. Scherer, told The Crimson last summer. But Roberts’ amorous attitude toward his alma mater did not overpower his legal judgment in a high-profile case on campus military recruitment this past year.Roberts’ opinion in Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights (FAIR) upheld the constitutionality of the Solomon Amendment, which forces universities to give military recruiters equal access to campuses or give up grants from several federal agencies. Harvard would lose more than $400 million a year.The HLS nondiscrimination policy?...
...professor Alan M. Dershowitz conditionally endorsed torture by the Israeli and U.S. governments. Those who detect laziness and complacency in the Harvard Faculty willfully ignore the rigor of the University’s hiring process. Harvard assembles a staggering array of data and specialists’ opinions before conferring tenure, making it the most sought-after and demanding appointment in the academic world. It is therefore difficult to imagine a human population more compulsive in its work ethic than Harvard professors. Fallible as we are, we are people trained by decades of education, and we believe that the best thinking...