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...opposite end of the spectrum, Harvard suffered a shocking loss to Boston College in its 1999 tournament opener when it was one of just eight nationally-seeded teams. In 2000 and 2001, the team achieved the rare distinction of making the NCAA tournament in spite of 0-5 and 2-4 runs, respectively, to close out the regular season...
...study abroad rules and has taken other measures to encourage undergraduates to spend time abroad; but those moves are the result of a faculty report that had plenty of momentum before Sept. 11. ROTC has not changed—it remains larger here than at most Ivy colleges, in spite of its lack of official institutional recognition or financial support due to the Faculty’s continued commitment to the principle of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Yet no discussion of military training of Harvard students can take place without a recognition that the country...
...nihilism. He misses the joy in Africa, is panicked by the sight of bush, takes African leaders to be representative of their people. The point about Africa is not that it is hideously governed?anyone can see that?but that its people have learned survival skills and thrive in spite of their greedy governments...
Harvard Law School’s difficult decision to allow military recruiters access to its Office of Career Services—in spite of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, which discriminates against homosexuals—was a necessary but unfortunate resolution to a situation that could have severely diminished the University’s ability to carry out its mission. The Air Force’s heavy-handed threat to recommend that Harvard lose $328 million in federal funds—16 percent...
...music. The Rising opens with Lonesome Day, one of the few songs told in Springsteen's own voice. "House is on fire, viper's in the grass," he sings. "A little revenge, and this too shall pass." Like most of The Rising, Lonesome Day gets you moving in spite of its topic. The fire-fighter songs, Into the Fire and the first single, The Rising, put the listener in the physical space of the crumbling towers, but they never get at the emotions behind the fire fighters' courage. The songs are rousing and redemptive--and a little shallow. But almost...