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Creativity, Capecchi once said, comes from "the abrasive juxtaposition" of life experiences. His old life and new one certainly rubbed each other raw. Some teachers wrote off the feral boy who had never set foot in a school and spoke no English; but others gave him paints and told him to make murals to communicate. One day he was beating up the other third-graders, since that was what he knew how to do. And soon he was beating up older kids on behalf of his peers. "That gave me a position," he says, "some social standing...
President Faust’s two-day installation has been marked by its diversity, and especially significant at an institution such as Harvard, its modernity. Toni Morrison, arguably the quintessential modern novelist, spoke to a full house at Memorial Church yesterday. This afternoon, the Pan-African dance troupe will lead the robed procession of academics instead of the traditional bagpipe players. And, of course, Drew Gilpin Faust will be the first woman to speak from the steps of Memorial Church as president of the University...
...people I spoke with in the central administration have been extraordinary enthusiastic, particularly Dominguez,” he said. “And he was among those who had been encouraging us to do this for at least six months...
...will lead a color guard at Commencement this spring. Harvard’s relationship with ROTC, which was banned from campus in 1969 due to concerns about the military’s involvement in Vietnam, has improved in recent years. Former President Lawrence H. Summers broke with precedent and spoke at the annual ROTC ceremony every year during his presidency. Harvard and other elite universities have barred military recruiters from their campuses due to the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, which prohibits gay individuals from...
...will stick, or whether rebel groups will keep fighting even if Sudan's government agrees to desist. One aid worker, who did not want to be named, said people in Darfur's camps last month listened to taped messages by Nur, sent clandestinely from Paris, and that local leaders spoke regularly to him by satellite phone. "The world is a little village," Nur says, refusing to detail how he runs his rebel organization from Paris. "We have different ways of communicating with our people on the ground...