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...than throw its hands up in faux-surprise, the Faculty might have been encouraged by an apparent recognition by Summers of the importance of having a dean who can facilitate a well-functioning relationship between Massachusetts Hall and the Faculty.Summers deserves the benefit of the doubt in the Kirby split, particularly given today’s announcement that Summers had agreed to a uniquely faculty-friendly search process for finding a new dean of the Faculty. The search which landed Kirby the position only gave the Faculty a token advising role in his selection. By contrast, in the search...
...result, say the authors, who split their time between Australia and the U.S., is an epidemic of depression. They accept the more dire estimates about the illness's prevalence - 1 in 4 people in those countries. Such numbers bemuse the skeptics, who suspect medicos who quote them of links to the drug industry. But Murray and Fortinberry generally disparage antidepressants. They do believe that a depressed brain is different - physically - to a healthy one, but not as a result of some spontaneous chemical abnormality. Rather, they back the theory that emotional stress in the early years inhibits proper development...
...public-opinion battle over domestic eavesdropping, Bush won the first round by arguing that he needed the unchecked power to learn "if there are people inside our country who are talking with al-Qaeda." With poll numbers split on the issue, spooked Senators hunkered down. But in recent days, Senate Democrats and the Judiciary Committee's Republican chairman, Arlen Specter, have fired off nine letters to the Justice Department and the White House demanding information on the domestic-spying program. At Senate hearings last week, the former head of the National Security Agency refused even in closed session...
After training in Florida last weekend, the Harvard men’s tennis team opened its spring season with two losses on the road this weekend, falling 4-3 to Purdue and 4-3 to Northwestern. The Boilermakers won the doubles point Saturday and then split the singles matches against the Crimson for the victory in West Lafayette, Ind. Harvard managed to push Purdue to 3-3, but sophomore Dan Nguyen’s heartbreaking loss—7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-3—proved the decisive match in the Boilermakers’ ultimate victory...
...Cornell senior forward’s winning bid from the left baseline hit off the side of the backboard and caromed right into the hands of forward Jason Hartford. Left uncontested beneath the basket, Hartford put back a shot that hovered on top of the rim for a split second before falling through the hoop, giving Cornell (9-11, 4-2 Ivy) a 79-77 lead with 2.4 seconds to play.After inbounding the ball from under the Cornell basket, the best Harvard could manage was a futile mid-court heave from junior guard Ko Yada. As the shot fell harmlessly...