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Rather, a critical examination of Faust’s qualifications reveals an extremely intelligent and capable individual. She has been deemed "clearly one of the most distinguished historians in the country" by Steven Hahn, a former colleague of Faust’s at the University of Pennsylvania. Indeed, she is the winner of the Southern Historical Association’s prize for the year’s best book, and she also has been awarded the Francis Parkman Prize, given to the best book in American history each year...
...students enrolled in them. The classics are a key to how our civilization was shaped. I hope that people remember all aspects of the ancients and their influence on our lives, not just the action in epic movies, however historically accurate they may be. Ryan Shedd West Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S. Michael Elliott's references to the eternal human truths contained in the classics capture the enriching element of ancient literature. The ancient heroes were no muscle-bound war machines, as they are unfortunately depicted in computer games. Their politicians were deft verbal strategists, as the politics of the time required...
CORRECTION The Feb. 15 magazine article "Another Side of Faust" incorrectly implied that Samuel H. Preston, a professor of demography at the University of Pennsylvania, was criticizing Lawrence H. Summers when he called President-elect Drew Gilpin Faust "an antidote" to the former Harvard leader. In fact, as Preston later noted in a message to The Crimson, he believes Summers was "instrumental in moving Harvard in positive directions." The article should have made Preston's views clearer...
...Hector tells Andromache in the sixth book of the Iliad, who ‘must see to the fighting,’” explains the Stanley I. Sheerr Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania, in the opening of a breezy 1990 tract entitled “Altars of Sacrifice: Confederate Women and the Narratives...
...liason. Special teams and linebackers coach John Butler is leaving for the same position at Minnesota as part of Tim Brewster’s new staff. After arriving from Southwest Texas State, Butler spent the last four seasons at Harvard, handling recruiting for Texas, Arizona, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. He coached four first-team All-Ivy selections at linebacker during his tenure in Cambridge, including senior captain Ryan Tully this season. Harvard has not yet announced replacements for the departing assistants...