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...talk of being an international center of learning is just an empty slogan unless it follows through with this simple action. And wouldn’t this diversity be good for the country as a whole if it is beneficial to one of America’s premier academic institutions...
...Summers] recognized when high-profile visitors came to Harvard that it does take quite a bit of time and attention to do these things thoughtfully and carefully,” she said, citing Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s December appearance at the Business School. “The political circumstances need to be taken care...
...peaceful way. But President Bush’s latest round of harmful budget cuts took $65 million from the program, forcing it to cut the number of awarded positions by 55 percent, from 67,000 to 30,000. And in slashing funding for our nation’s premier volunteer service program, not only did Bush dash the college dreams of millions, but he also did long-term damage to the economy. Bush’s direct measure to decrease the number of students who can afford college will have a negative impact on America’s future productivity...
...transgression? At Wen’s address, Howard, who is co-president of Students for a Free Tibet, unfurled a Tibetan flag and interrupted the Premier, yelling out, “Tibet belongs to the Tibetan people!” After being asked to return to her seat, she replied: “People in Tibet cannot speak so we must speak for them...
Civil disobedience can be an effective way to promote a just cause or just an unecessary nuisance. Either way, it usually gets punished. Harvard’s latest case—that of Meghan C. Howard ’04, who interrupted Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s Dec. 11 speech at Harvard Business School—did promote a just cause. But since Howard faced the Ad Board yesterday, it seems she will still have to pay the price for her outcry...