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...when Asians look at Barack Obama, they see, above all else, a black man. And most are convinced, TIME correspondents around the region tell me, that Americans will not, in the end, choose an African-American as their leader - simply because it has never been done. That the President of the United States should be white is a truism, reckons a retired Hong Kong Chinese professional who's a friend. His assessment of Obama is devoid of a critical examination of his values and vision. It's enough, says my friend, that "Obama does not look presidential...
...However, as many observers of the Ivy League will tell you, Orleans was in many ways simply a mouthpiece for those he worked under, the presidents of the Ivy universities. But both the composition of the group he works for and the environment of college football have shifted since Orleans took office. The presidents, who once so strongly opposed involvement at the highest level of college football, and the playoffs are gone, including Harvard’s own Derek Bok, one of the most vocal opponents of playoffs for the Ivy League. President Faust is on the search committee...
...While there are no earth-shaking changes on the immediate horizon for Ivy League football, the selection process for a new executive director is well worth watching, since it will tell us as much about the attitudes of the current group of Ivy presidents as it will about the future of the league’s football...
Something you’ve always wanted to tell someone: Tourists—don’t touch John Harvard’s foot! Favorite childhood activity: Building forts...
...Afghan town with celebrating Northern Alliance soldiers who believed the Taliban had evacuated. “It was a double cross,” Filkins said nonchalantly, “we nearly didn’t make it out alive.” Then he moved on to tell another harrowing story. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and winner of the George Polk award, Filkins, who joined The Times in 2001 after reporting in Afghanistan for The Los Angeles Times, spoke at Harvard Book Store last night to an overflowing room. His talk was part of a promotional tour...