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...Publications were being shoved in my face, upperclassmen were begging me for my e-mail address, and each group wanted to tell me why their club was what would define my next four years. Of all of the myriad options there was one area I avoided like the plague??the corner of Harvard Yard with the Institute of Politics, Dems, Republicans, and any other group committed to political engagement. At the risk of sounding cynical, I didn’t see the point of entering into political debate. It seemed that no one ever changed their minds...
It’s not boils and the Charles River hasn’t turned to blood, but a different sort of plague??academic dishonesty—has fallen upon our campus and the University is doing little to stop it. More students are brought before the Ad Board for it (22 in ’03-’04) than for sexual assault (seven in ’00), but no student groups or committees of the Faculty are specifically working towards ending it. The Ad Board can—and does—require students...
...spent five high holiday seasons here at Harvard, I was dumbfounded to read the remarkably closed-minded opinion piece “The Eleventh Plague?? (Opinion, Oct. 1). During the holidays, Harvard Hillel sponsored the religious services of four separate prayer communities—each with its own unique character—and the Chabad House at Harvard held its own set of traditional and yet highly participatory services. Both Hillel and the Chabad House also served family-style meals and break-fasts which were free to all undergraduates. If the authors felt alienated by the Reform services...
...example, according to Hankins, McCormick and others have recently sought to determine how many meters the black rat, Ratus ratus—supposedly the main agent of the plague??could travel in a year. It turns out the rat can travel 200 meters a year, which suggests that the rat had to have been ship-born for the plague to have spread as fast as it did, according to Hankins...
Taking a more critical approach than most of the presidential candidates, Chopra said the council is in need of a “dramatic restructuring” citing a lack of representativeness and accountability as well as internal conflicts among members as problems that “plague?? the organization...
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