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Perkins expresses regret at ending the Sudanese project, which the institute cannot continue because of security problems--the project site is precariously close to the north-south border of the Sudanese civil war--and because of "differences of opinion" between HIID and the primary source of funds for the project, the federal Agency for International Development...
...Center disentangling the mysteries of A.M. 110. She insists she gave up any ideas about becoming a concert pianist before she came to Harvard. But her almost wistful ambivalence about that decision, her commitment to future performing, and even the mementos that crowd her Canaday room, all speak of regret that she cannot at least continue to practice regularly. She admits that if she had arrived here last September resolved on pursuing a professional career in music, the inaccessibility of good practice facilities coupled with her heavy academic obligations would probably have shaken her resolve...
...conflict of interest. The council says it is postponing discussion on the proposal, which would have required Faculty members with potentially serious conflicts of interest to report them to the University, because it is vaguely written. Although the council certainly should not hasten to adopt a policy it will regret, the issues raised in recent months cry out for an update of Harvard's 15-year-old position...
...agree that questions about batting one's eyelashes are inappropriate at any level of the selection process. We regret that interviewing committees are sometimes unable to assess women's abilities to react to stress without raising sex-related issues. However, we also think that students should realize the obligation of committees to raise sensitive issues which may be encountered by the student, to gauge command over a plan of study, and to test commitment to a future career. Most fellowships are not strictly objective and represent an investment in an individual's potential as well as a reward for academic...
...historian is to accuse him of keeping his gaze focused entirely on the past, of having no concern for the present and future. The recently proposed revision of the sophomore tutorial program in History, if implemented, will be a giant step backwards into a past we have grown to regret--a past in which the history of an entire hemisphere was ignored in favor of our own, a past in which progressive universities were reviewed by Senate committees for daring to teach "dangerous" communist theory, and a past which still evokes shock among students schooled only by conventional high school...