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...have to learn to play devil’s advocate, to challenge the opinions of our friends, to debate for the sake of debate. Harvard has taught us well. We neglect this education through our continuous and unquestioning accession. Like all parting shots, the message can be neatly summed up with a one-sentence lesson I learned in third grade: Agree to disagree. And, like all parting shots, I will now make this moral seem much more brilliant than it actually is: Debate sows the seeds of democracy. See, the first two letters of each word are the same...

Author: By James M. Wilsterman | Title: And Sow The Seeds of Tyranny | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

Some administrators and professors argue that there is distinct value to teaching courses not in step with current trends for the sake of preserving knowledge and perpetuating intellectual thirst...

Author: By Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Casting Numbers Aside | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...Guide is certainly not an infallible measure. However, when taken in conjunction with other measures, a low ranking in the CUE Guide does seem to suggest that a teaching fellow might profit from some assistance, both for his sake and for the sake of the students that he teachers,” Ozment wrote in his letters...

Author: By Barbara B. Depena, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Locked Up: CUE Editors Claim The Administration Censored Their Content | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...military is concomitant to the ban. In talks with Harvard students and graduates in last winter, I found that the majority favor lifting the ban on ROTC; they, and I, feel that the ban makes a negative statement about those in the military now, stigmatizing young officers for the sake of trying to combat the stigma that faces gay military personnel...

Author: By John P. Wheeler | Title: Lifting the ROTC Ban | 5/26/2010 | See Source »

...freshman adviser urged her to take classes that she would enjoy for their own sake, explaining that her concentration would fall into place from there...

Author: By Monika L. S. Robbins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Make The Play | 5/10/2010 | See Source »

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