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Throughout his tale, Cal recounts a century of American history—Ellis Island, the Great Depression, the River Rouge Ford plant, Vietnam, Detroit race riots, the desegregation of schools, Watergate, the Cold War, and the oil embargoes. In doing so, Eugenides questions what it means to be American—citizenship, attitude, and history. Despite being third generation American and despite her family having climbed the class ladder­—at least achieving the financial aspect of the American Dream—Calliope feels out of place in her private preparatory all-girls school...

Author: By Kristie T. La, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Eugenides’ Transitive Epic | 11/20/2009 | See Source »

...more natural than worrying that your child might be trampled by the great, scary, globally competitive world into which she will one day be launched? It is this fear that inspires parents to demand homework in preschool, produce the snazzy bilingual campaign video for the third-grader's race for class rep, continue to provide the morning wake-up call long after he's headed off to college...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting | 11/20/2009 | See Source »

Selected courses from the Law School, Kennedy School, Divinity School, and Education school will count, as will a host of FAS offerings ranging from some Social Studies seminars related to the concepts of race and immigration to English courses like John Stauffer’s new “Diffusions 62: Castaways and Renegades, Masters and Slaves...

Author: By James K. Mcauley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ethnic Studies -- Harvard's Newest Secondary Field | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

Johnny F. Bowman ’11 and Eric N. Hysen ’11 won the Undergraduate Presidential Elections Thursday night in the closest race in UC history, according to Election Commissioner Brad A. Seiler...

Author: By Melody Y. Hu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BREAKING NEWS: Bowman and Hysen Narrowly Edge Hayward and Zhang in Unofficial Tally | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

Researchers analyzed patients of similar age, race, sex, and injury severity treated in trauma centers nationwide from...

Author: By Eric E Liao, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Study: Insurance Affects Mortality | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

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