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While the Presidential Search Committee dangles digital cameras and iPods as rewards for filling out a survey probing student sentiment about Harvard’s next chief, Interim President Derek C. Bok offered his own advice that could be used by his as-yet-unnamed successor yesterday...
...only in retrospect, of course, that I fully understand how deeply this spirit of hers guided me on the path I would ultimately take. It was in search of confirmation of her values that I studied political philosophy, looking for both a language and systems of action that could help build community and make justice real. And it was in search of some practical application of those values that I accepted work after college as a community organizer for a group of churches in Chicago that were trying to cope with joblessness, drugs, and hopelessness in their midst...
After all, the problems of poverty and racism, the uninsured and the unemployed, are not simply technical problems in search of the perfect 10-point plan. They are also rooted in societal indifference and individual callousness - the desire among those at the top of the social ladder to maintain their wealth and status whatever the cost, as well as the despair and self-destructiveness among those at the bottom...
...little secret: Texas girls are hard to please. We like rodeos and malls, small towns and big cities, barbecue and sushi…we pretty much want it all, and within thirty miles please, because our SUVs only get twelve miles to the gallon. And the search for a significant other...
...sent shock waves across the University and around the world. The debate about his resignation and brief presidency was fierce. E-mail open-lists, campus blogs, casual lunchtime conversations, and even this newspaper’s editorials were punctuated by deeply held sentiments toward our departing leader.With a search for Harvard’s next leader ongoing, our interest in Harvard’s presidency should be more intense than ever. The vacancy in Massachusetts Hall presents us with an historic opportunity to choose a leader who will join the elite group of names who have had the opportunity...