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...leading scholar on terrorism and political violence, will be the first woman to serve as principal and vice chancellor—the Scottish equivalent of American universities’ president—at St. Andrews, one of seven “ancient universities” starting January 2009. Richardson??s selection as principal is pathbreaking because she is not a Scot, she is not from within St. Andrews, and she is not male. In an interview yesterday, Richardson likened her appointment to University President Drew G. Faust’s selection last spring. “I certainly...
...later. When I entered Harvard, I had envisioned myself devouring canonical books and Core classes with the same energy that I ended up directing towards music and writing. Instead, while I drilled on Wu-Tang and the New Journalism, I dropped a class because I saw Samuel Richardson??s Clarissa on the syllabus, there was a lot of speaking in kung-fu-related code with my radio station cohorts, and a little disdain for those who could only name most-popular Wu-Tang members Method Man, Ghostface Killah, and ODB.But for this show, my fellow Harvard students...
...that’s fine, but I’m ready to do everything I can to get him elected.” On the topic of the presidential race, Richardson also talked about eliminating superdelegates altogether, financing elections publicly, and making the schedule of primaries more certain. But Richardson??s talk was not limited to the national elections. He also touched on what he thinks the country should do in Iraq, foreign policy decisions that do not take other countries’ treatments of human rights into account, and the importance of education. Jarret A. Zafran...
...successes in the 5000 meter, filling out four of the top 25 spots. Freshman Meghan Houser finished 25th with a time of 18:00.57, while sophomore Stacy Carlson placed 23rd with a 17:52.79 finish, and senior Sarah Bourne posted a 16th place time of 17:36.15. Freshman Claire Richardson??s 17:30.19 finish placed her 13th and qualified her for the ECAC Championships. “That’s a huge thing to qualify for ECAC as a freshman,” Stanton said. “Indoors is a lot different from outdoors and from...
...illuminating history that takes the reader from the first-century Jewish struggle against the Romans to al Qaeda’s jihad against America. A picture of terrorism emerges that stretches from Indonesia to Germany and embraces both secular and religious causes. Perhaps the most profound facet of Richardson??s work is her documentation of the continuity of terrorism.Despite the breadth of terrorist groups that Richardson examines, she is able to isolate terrorism as the preferred means for weak sub-state groups to challenge powerful geopolitical entities. Richardson argues that terrorists strive for revenge, renown, and reaction. Terrorists...