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RETIRING. DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN, 71, from his New York Senate seat; in 2000; after four terms. The scholar-legislator served under four Presidents and had a major influence on welfare, Social Security, tax, transit and health-care policy...
...have to pity people who, when graduating, have no interest in going into law, medicine, academia, public service or business. The vast majority of Harvard graduates in recent years have taken one of these five paths. These are obviously great choices if one wants to be a lawyer, doctor, scholar, civil servant or financier. But for hundreds of undecided students, choosing one of these five options is a lot like getting stuck with the least efficient keyboard in the world. What makes them attractive is that they have relatively clear paths and definite entry points. Applying to law school might...
...this bridge built in memory of a scholar and a soldier, connecting the college yard and playing fields of Harvard, be an ever-present reminder to students passing over it of loyalty to country and alma mater and a last suggestion that they should devote their manhood developed by study and play on the banks of this river to the nation and its needs...
...prolific and well-respected scholar," said Professor of Law Richard H. Fallon Jr. "He will contribute diversity to the range of views we present our students...
Morgan Evans, the protagonist of the play, was acted with great skill by first-year Mwashuma Kamata Nyatta, a native of Nairobi, Kenya. Evans--an out-of-place scholar in the mining town--loves to learn, yet is not entirely able to tear himself away from other hobbies such as drinking and hanging out with his buddies. Nyatta intelligently portrayed this inward struggle with grace and thoughtfulness and was able to show us the many sides of his complex character, some of which were not entirely positive, such as his predilection for pub life. Overall, Nyatta utterly fulfilled the depth...