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...There are those who say that the war on terrorism has led to the most repressive period in American history. Those who say this know nothing of American history,” University of Chicago constitutional law professor Geoffrey R. Stone writes in his latest book, “War and Liberty, An American Dilemma: 1790 to the Present.” Stone’s work chronicles the repression of personal freedoms during periods of war throughout American history, from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the Patriot Act of 2001. Stone uses the first periods he describes...
...social life at Harvard.” In particular, entering the Women’s Center is a bit more intimidating for members of the male gender. “I never go there,” declared Dan R. Benevento ’10. “I once asked my friend Liz to go with me, but she didn’t, so I’ve never been there.”Other spaces with a very specific audience, such as Harvard Hillel, also face similar problems as the Women’s Center, despite recent improvements...
...departmental courses in the future plan.After stressing that one of undergraduates’ greatest qualms with the Core was the lack of course options, Professor of History Peter E. Gordon emphasized the importance of counting departmental courses for general education credit. But McKay Professor of Computer Science Harry R. Lewis ’68 expressed concern that too many departmental courses would be used to satisfy general education requirements.“I think we’re sort of buying a pig in a poke here,” Lewis said, suggesting that the Faculty was accepting the proposal...
...feedback about their own films. As it stands, the six contributors slated to show films at the festival include Alexa J. Bush ’07, George T. Olken ’07, Vanessa A. Pope ’07, Richard E. Ruiz ’07, Travis R. Wood ’07, and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences student Helene Landemore.Bush submitted a short animation project titled “Animal Tales.” “I shot it in Sever. The project uses a lot of different media, crayon, paint, newspaper, cutouts, photographs...
...Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology Steven A. Pinker, however, maintains that different standards apply. “We don’t worry about foxes hurting bunnies the way we worry about what’s happening in Darfur and Iraq.” Panelist Cass R. Sunstein ’75, professor of jurisprudence at the University of Chicago Law School, says he was “puzzling a lot” over another scenario offered during the discussion: is it ethical to kill a pig and harvest its organs to save five human lives...