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...doctoral universities to define elite institutions, and religious individuals were identified as anyone other than atheists or agnostics. But professors remain less spiritual than the general public—only 6.9 percent of the U.S. population identifies itself as agnostic or atheistic, according to a 2000 General Social Survey conducted by the National Opinion Research Center. Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History Karen L. King said it is not surprising that there are more atheists and agnostics among professors than among the general public. King said that professors, who frequently engage in intellectual thought, would be more likely to question their...
...Physics Howard Georgi asked not to be interviewed about the windows, stating over e-mail that he has never noticed the shape of their grates. Nevertheless, some house residents think that the supposedly sultry windows might be sending subliminal messages. “Leverett does well in the sex survey,” says Leverettite Alana I. Mendelsohn ’09, referring to the Harvard Independent’s annual sex survey, which in 2004 declared that Leverett had one of the highest “non-virgin” rates of the undergraduate houses. “Maybe...
Women’s Wear Daily, in its survey of high fashion in the Ivy League, placed Harvard dead last. And perhaps it’s no surprise at a place where DHAs are the uniform for both section and sleeping. But three very different and high-profile fashion shows are trying to change Harvard’s decidedly dowdy image...
...beacon for the nearly 80% of Chileans who call themselves Catholic, but even for many of them, its discourse is sometimes at odds with their lifestyles. But even as a wave of social changes animates debates in the media, school board meetings and Sunday family lunches, a recent opinion survey by the MORI organization suggests Chile's values may not be quite as liberal as the recent trends suggest...
While an outsider may be able to come to understand these traditions and quirks after an ample period of immersion, Harvard’s next president will need to hit the ground running and can’t afford to survey the lay of the land for too long. Before he or she even formally takes office, the new president will need to make one of the most crucial decisions of his or her tenure by selecting a new dean of the Faculty. He or she will also be faced with the prospects of implementing a new College curriculum, jumpstarting...