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...statistical methodology here is primitive at best - where's that Freakonomics guy when you need him? - but there are more serious, fundamental problems with the Times' project. Probably no one at the Times would seriously claim that this survey determines some kind of mysterious "objective" literary value; it's a way (I imagine this hypothetical person saying) to start conversations (mission accomplished) and introduce people to books they might not have heard of (mission not-so-much accomplished...
...herein also lies the greatness of people who read it. And Lists have a way of strengthening the hegemony of big, syllabus-ready tomes and making it harder for readers to find their way to minor, more idiosyncratic, less well-connected but maybe more lovable books. And the Times project, having only one book on it, isn't even a list - it's not even a pantheon, it's a monotheisum. A library shouldn't be a temple, with one altar to one book. It's a mysterious, winding bazaar, wherein you should be able to wander until you stumble...
...think it’s a very important institution at Harvard as it keeps seniors serious about their theses,” said Oscar Hernandez ’06, who was awarded the prize for his thesis “A Theater of Harmony: Adamo Boari’s Project for the Teatro Nacional, Mexico.”“If such a prestigious prize is being given away to students it shows that Harvard thinks students’ research is important,” Hernandez said.Ian K.L Goh ’06, a senior whose thesis...
...used to frown upon columnists who threw themselves narcissistic going-away parties in prose, but it turns out that the temptation for retrospective justification is irresistible. And so as I depart, I leave you with a pithy summary of my long project in the form of an admonition: Don’t forget the technology. Don’t forget the transformative influence it has right now, and never underestimate the long-term importance of future invention and progress...
...said. “Ultimately it’ll be primarily science labs, as well as some faculty offices. But the focus will be on the sciences.” An employee of Bond Brothers, the construction company based in Everett, Mass. that is handling the project, said that a sub-contractor was in charge of the site, but refused to comment further. Joseph Griffin, the director of Environmental Health and Safety at Harvard, could not be reached for comment last night. —Staff writer Reed B. Raymond can be reached at rrayman@fas.harvard.edu...