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...accusing it of lacking “civilizational confidence”—theocons deny the vitality of Western culture by assuming that Muslims are impervious to the European values (temptations?). Such self-doubt is unjustified: European values (decadent capitalism and post-Enlightenment liberalism) are likely to persist, no matter how demographic changes alter Europeans’ creed or color...
...Distinguished Service Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Chicago Law School, said before a packed audience in Sever Hall last night. Sunstein, part of a panel of philosophers and legal scholars addressing the intersection of ethics and the treatment of animals, argued that animal cruelty would continue to persist unless individuals and society chose to lead alternative lifestyles. During the event, “Facing Animals,” the panelists told the crowd of more than 150 that ways to make a difference in the area included putting an end to greyhound racing, eating meat, and cosmetic testing...
...impetus for reforming the teaching of writing across the curriculum. Expository Writing needs additional funds so that it can hire top-notch writers rather than scrounging for the worn-out preceptors that now teach all freshman. And writing should not be forgotten after freshman year—if problems persist, so should teaching.The new FAS dean needs to seriously address Harvard’s failing undergraduate education, before we begin to lag even further behind rival schools. Amid territorial faculty departments, a large FAS deficit and a mire of Harvard bureaucracy, it will be up to the dean to bring...
Moreover, as Knowles reminded the Faculty in a letter this week, FAS faces a deficit that is projected to persist long into the future. That will mean belt tightening for each of its constituent departments and centers. The College must not, however, be left in the dust. The way to improve the student experience is not to funnel all the money to faculty, a perilous policy supported by a ludicrously large number of otherwise-intelligent people. Improvements that directly impact students—which have dramatically enhanced the student experience in recent years—cost comparatively little...
...Folklorist and quilt historian Laurel Horton, who has lectured and published papers about the quilt code, says she's given up on trying to debunk the myth. Instead, she says she's more interested on focusing on why the story continues to persist. "This whole issue made me realize it's not a matter of one group having the truth and another not. It's matter of two different sets of beliefs. It's made me realize that belief doesn't have a lot to do with factual representation. People feel in their gut that it's true...