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...average Ivy League team, a basketball season might have one or two games that stand out as chances for the squad to make a statement with its play. For the Harvard men’s basketball team, each game this year will serve as a chance to prove that last season’s woefully disappointing performance was nothing more than a fluke.But even in a season loaded with “statement games,” the Crimson’s contests against Penn and—more than any other opponent—Princeton stand...
...after hordes of Canuck researchers retreated to my frigid homeland, the rest of us will be left mired in a pretty serious dilemma. As Harvard prepares to inaugurate the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, the University will have to answer a fundamental question—when researchers stand to make massive contributions to knowledge in areas that are the subject of controversy, to what extent is it incumbent on us to shield them from the prying eyes of the government...
...Harvard community, from part-time undergraduates to tenured faculty, has cause for concern. There is nothing more unsavory than the concept of honest academic inquiry being the cause of an individual’s being investigated, and, insofar as current research is concerned, those from whom we most stand to gain, have the most to lose...
DIED. Sid Davis, 90, educational filmmaker of the 1950s and '60s whose dark, cautionary tales terrified baby boomers; in Palm Desert, Calif. A onetime stand-in for John Wayne, Davis made nearly 200 gems, now considered high camp, detailing the perils of marijuana smoking (The Terrible Truth) and sex (Girls, Beware...
...start channeling him, so insistent are his claims. Does this sound familiar? Howard has lost touch with Middle Australia; he has squandered the nation's prosperity; after 10 long years, there's crumbling infrastructure, a skills crisis, the childcare shambles and extreme industrial relations laws. What does Beazley Labor stand for? Investing in the future; a fair reward for effort; building up the nation; a cleaner environment; regional security; Australian values. Howard would feel comfortable with that list?sometimes the two leaders stand behind the same white picket fence. Of course, it's the actual policies that have to pass...