Word: salient
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...editors of the Salient, we see the need to raise the level of debate on the issue of South Africa and divestiture beyond baseless accusations of racism, such as those recently directed at President Bok. Private luncheons with representatives of the South African government are certainly not the way to do this. Tom Firestone '86, Editor-in-Chief Lars Waldorf '85, Former Editor
PETER GAMMONS' COLUMN, "On Baseball," is perhaps the most consistently praised portion of the Boston Globe's vaunted ports section. The broad understanding Gammons brings to the game is constantly embellished by his uncanny abilities as an investigative reporter in uncovering salient facts. But for all the applause Gammons receives for his reporting and subsequent analysis, his prose remains flawed...
Lars T Waldorf, a senior in Dunster House, is former editor in chief of The Harvard Salient...
CURRENTLY, IN ONE OF these oft-overlooked display cases on the fifth floor of Lamont, hangs on exhibit celebrating the fifth anniversary of The Salient, Harvard's conservative student publication. Arranged under a sign asking "Who says Conservatism isn't Progressive?" is a series of past Salient issues, ranging from the early, newspaper-like layout to the present handsome tabloid format, exuding an aura of mature respectability. But if editorials like Raymond C. Bonker's "Reagan Education Cuts", which unsurprisingly supports the President's pulling of the plug on student aid, and, surprisingly, takes seriously Education Secretary William J. Bennett...
...what do the enlightened editors at The Salient have to say about this Claiming that "a college education (especially one subsidized by American taxpayers) is not a guaranteed right but rather a privilege" Bonker states that the federal government has no obligation to fill the gap between what these families can afford and what tuition costs. Seducing as this distinction between right and privilege may be, however, it is, ultimately, a false...