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...argues that the U.S. has provided the world a degree of security by damping down the prospect of global war and opposing the spread of nuclear weapons. But Elliott's piece was simplistic; he omitted historical information about Iran. You cannot offer a one-sided view of the very serious issue of Iran's nuclear-enrichment program while ignoring the reasons that created the current political situation there. Iran is one of numerous countries in which the U.S. has practiced intervention (often overthrowing democratically elected governments) in order to set up a political administration more sympathetic to the U.S. During...
...College Harry R. Lewis ’68, who worked closely with Foster during his administration, said that her release is a terrible loss to the College, especially at a time when “we are so committed to improving the advising system, and it raises serious doubts about that...
...report argued that the current deadline coerces freshmen to make rash and uninformed concentration decisions. To the contrary, while some students may be converted by late exposure to an entirely different field, many more discover their dislike for their concentrations only upon becoming involved in serious study. In this case, a later start date can only make switching fields a less feasible choice. Either way, switching concentrations, especially between similar fields, is not a particularly grueling chore for sophomores who wish to change...
...pissed,” Lind wrote in the group description. “And dependent on technology.” Sprague’s e-mail echoed this sentiment. “These downtimes are not only annoying, but are causing some serious problems for me (and others in similar situations, I’m sure) in terms of receiving and responding to emails regarding jobs, summer plans, etc.,” Sprague wrote. Weld resident Roy R. Shi ’09 took a more measured view of the outage. “Servers go down, that?...
...Summers joined over 100 other university presidents, politicians and industry leaders in signing an open letter printed in national newspapers yesterday urging the government to bolster American economic competitiveness by devoting more funds to science and engineering research. The letter was timed to coincide with the beginning of serious consideration of next year’s federal budget by Congress and the White House, Harvard’s Senior Director of Federal and State Relations Kevin Casey said. Published as an advertisement in the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal, the letter voiced concern that the rising scientific sophistication...