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...leave Walsh’s office, I mentioned that I was reading a book for my thesis on the turbulent, racially-charged period of school desegregation in Boston during the 1970s. I asked Walsh, who grew up in Dorchester and long ago determined the letter “R?? to be an unnecessary impediment to good conversation, about his experiences living in the city during that time...

Author: By Loren Amor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: PARTING SHOT: Sports Writer Learns Lessons on Writing, History, Friendship | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...plagiarize, or make up entirely, honesty takes on a heightened importance. With no ability to verify the experiences our classmates say they have, faith in their honesty is the only background check we can make. For the most part, this works; reported grade point averages are accurate, and r??sumés are valid. Our faith in this system of faith is challenged when individuals exploit others’ trust through misrepresentation. Although Wheeler has allegedly demonstrated that it is possible to fabricate almost an entire person’s background, what becomes even clearer now is that small...

Author: By Marcel E. Moran | Title: Why Honesty Matters to Us | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...many of us spend our college experience trying to get back to where we started: to being distinct and proud—a name, not just a number. The quest often involves building up r??sumés that demonstrate not just that an individual belongs, but that he stands above his surroundings even here...

Author: By Max J Kornblith | Title: The More Things Change | 5/26/2010 | See Source »

...report was requested in 2007 by Senator Charles E. Grassley (R??Iowa), who has made greater oversight of nonprofits a hallmark of his tenure on the Senate Finance Committee, of which he is currently the ranking member...

Author: By William N. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Congress Eyes Tax Exemptions | 5/5/2010 | See Source »

Mount says that she and the OCS are working to let “students know that they are a part now of a big Harvard community and network and that everyone’s success is their success.” But for now, r??sumé-sharing outside of the walls of OCS remains rare...

Author: By Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Writing on the Stalls | 4/29/2010 | See Source »

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