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...contribute in this world, is to be on top. Fortunately, the world isn’t only about the elite; I can sit at the Institute of Politics all day long shaking the hands of politicians, dignitaries and world leaders, but it’s not going to teach me anything about the real lives of billions of people. Students are willing to give a figure at the JFK Forum an hour of undivided attention, but how many of them spare a couple of minutes to consider illiterate people living on under $2 a day, or even Harvard janitors...
...written by other people,” wrote Bottum. Such heavy use of research assistants in the construction of his work, Bottum charged, was academic dishonesty serious enough to have Ogletree’s tenure revoked. Harvard saw things differently and did not dismiss Ogletree; the professor continues to teach at Harvard Law School.Just a few weeks after Ogletree’s admission, the Weekly Standard lambasted Laurence Tribe—who had vocally defended Ogletree—and pointed out numerous places where his 1985 “God Save This Honorable Court” was strikingly similar...
...caught in a custody dispute. She sees her fathers two days a week and splits vacation time between households. However, the four parents always manage to take some holiday together and, says Rajzman, the girl is being brought up to view her family arrangement as perfectly normal. "We teach her that there are families with a father, mother and children; families with a single father or a single mother, and families with two women or two men that live together. She knows what kind of family configuration she has." The French authorities do not. Neither Kleitz nor Rajzman have...
...ever seen Saintely take so much as a short break. We have never seen him sit down, let alone lie down.” Councillor Marjorie C. Decker, a frequent Harvard critic, was more frank. “Harvard is a corporation, and unfortunately what they teach in their classrooms is not what they put into practice in their corporate dealings,” she said. The resolution, which passed unopposed, called on the University to rehire Paul and compensate him for back pay and medical bills incurred while he was unemployed and uninsured. “We will...
...most kid-friendly site is thegamble.org, set up by the state of Louisiana to teach adolescents about the risks of gambling. The site features interactive cartoons, games (of skill, of course, not chance), and a self-quiz for adolescents to find out whether they are at risk of developng a problem. The quiz can be accessed directly here...