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...Much of the Faculty’s curricular debates last year focused on wresting guidance of undergraduate education out of the hands of administrators and into those of professors. But McCann is one of only two tenured professors currently on the Committee on Writing and Speaking and the only person who has served on the group leading Expos for more than two years. Both tenured members of the committee are leaving for sabbaticals this spring, and English Department Chair James T. Engell ’73 will return to the committee from sabbatical; no tenured faculty member will...
...poignant that woman’s words once were. Even if an Iraqi refugee wanted to stand on a street corner and beg for money, he or she couldn’t. The situation is much more bleak, more frightening, and more voiceless. What to do when a homeless person asks you for help, is still a valid question, but what to do when a refugee does not ask you for help is an even more important question to consider...
...engines of transformation than laughter, which can turn a king into an object of ridicule as easily as it can elevate mere affection to love. Humor is a key element of “Metamorphoses,” and the members of the show’s excellent 10-person ensemble cast are frequently very, very funny...
...Like the ancient Greeks who traveled hundreds of miles to hear the Oracle of Delphi, so went 98 Harvard students this weekend in search of business wisdom from the Oracle of Omaha—Warren Buffett.Buffett, whose estimated $52 billion fortune makes him the second-richest person in the world according to Forbes, spoke with about 20 other American business leaders on topics that ranged from formulating business strategy to balancing personal and professional interests.“Unconditional love is the most powerful force in the universe,” Buffett said. “I got unconditional love...
...those who only casually watch boats rowing by on the Charles River. A chorus of voices will often inquire, “But what do they do?”—if only because rowing appears so physically strenuous and the coxswain is the enigmatic, seemingly idle person watching all of the action from the best seat in the house.“A lot of people have asked me, ‘Do you just sit in the boat and say “row” over and over again...