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Despite Hoxby's stature, or perhaps because of it, one of her most important papers became the subject of a vitriolic academic dispute two years ago when an assistant professor of economics at Princeton, Jesse M. Rothstein '95, accused Hoxby of making a number of programming errors in her research that he said undermined her results...
...workers are both the anchors of Hong Kong's affluent, high-rolling families as well as the lifeblood of whole communities back home, here they remain largely invisible, cooped up in the apartments of their employers and cut off from their relatives and friends across the seas. They are subject to far stricter employment laws than the rest of the Hong Kong population and are vulnerable to abuse and prone to depression. "I've been through a lot," says Unite, clutching a copy of The Measure of a Man, the spiritual autobiography of pioneering African-American actor Sidney Poitier...
Some students, faculty, and administrators believe that black people are subject to disproportionate suspicion, monitoring, and punishment—not only in America generally, where the fact is well-known, but also in the heart of educated, progressive Harvard. Although the feeling is by no means new, the Harvard campus has been reluctant or even unwilling to address this issue, even when events like last month’s “Quad incident” remind many of how far Harvard...
...milieu where students voluntarily subject themselves to judgment and competitive social weeding, it is safe to assume that few would “out” social club leaders to the College and compromise their own punch. Punches want, above all, to curry favor with the leadership of their desired club. Club members want to protect their club-mates and friends from punishment. Knowing that club heads could face the Administrative Board if an intoxicated student is brought to University Health Services serves as a disincentive to seek medical attention, especially if students are drunk enough to underestimate the severity...
...Harvard’s unusual academic calendar, with fall finals falling in January and the spring term lasting well into May, has been the subject of debate and dismay for at least a generation...