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...spiritual guide and personal mentor? And if Obama's candidacy is about the future, why would he expose his young daughters to such poisonous rhetoric of the past? Although he delivered his speech with his usual grace and eloquence, it's precisely what he didn't say that may speak volumes about his character and judgment. David M. Petrou, washington...
...there not long ago. It's so vast. I know America is vast, but there is a Wal-Mart everywhere in America, whereas in Russia it's vast, and it really changes. When I go to Russia, I realize I look Russian; people come up to me and speak to me in Russian...
...think I speak for most students in saying that such “controversy” barely exists here. For example, I did not find the call to prayer to be the least bit offensive—to me and many others, it was a celebration of diversity on campus, and far from the objectionable, oppressive nuisance it was made out to be. And I’m not aware of many classmates inveighing against it or the decision to close the QRAC in dorm rooms or dining halls. Quite simply, these seem like minor issues here in Cambridge, certainly...
...Trustees should make it their business to speak up for the students when the occasion demands, because the students themselves come and go and have little influence. To cite just one small example, last year at Harvard an enterprising student noticed that the Harvard Coop was selling the required books at high prices. So the student decided to publish a list of required books with their ISBN numbers online to make it easy for students to order them from other sources. As the student made his way through the Coop writing down these numbers, he was threatened with arrest...
...open to new experiences, even if they included trying yak’s tongue and yak’s milk.“Fitz would be over there just eating the food and talking to people,” she said. “Without the ability to speak the same language as someone else, he was still a remarkable communicator.”The past couple of weeks were hectic for Fitzsimmons and the rest of the admissions and financial aid office, as they made final admissions decisions for the class of 2012. “He?...