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...Spencer Foundation, a Chicago-based group that supports education research, and from 1994 to 2000 she directed New York University’s (NYU) Center for the Study of American Culture and Education. She chaired NYU’s humanities and social sciences department during that same period, a testament to her academic breadth. Such breadth is essential as the GSE looks toward more interdisciplinary work, and we hope that she will extend interdisciplinary initiatives to include undergraduates interested in education...
...Pforzheimer House, dragged the people he’d met that day to meetings of the Harvard Secular Society. Raised a Catholic, Halvorson was fascinated by Buddhism and secular humanism in high school, yet Christianity beckoned. Halvorson, drawn to what he saw as the historical validity of the New Testament and the answers it offered to his philosophical questions, made a decision to become a Christian the summer before he arrived at school...
...what was seen as a narrow interpretation of the Bible. McKean writes, “A Christian should simply obey where the Bible speaks and only speak—have opinions—where the Bible is silent.” McKean also stressed the importance of the Old Testament, while traditional Churches of Christ focused on the New Testament. In 1977, McKean and fellow minister Roger Lamb were fired from the Memorial Drive Church of Christ in Houston (though not from the Church of Christ as a whole) for “teaching false doctrine...
...contrast to the modern and jazz pieces in the rest of the show. When dancers perform a Balanchine work, certain standards and requirements must be met in order to ensure that the quality of the original is maintained in every performance. Therefore, it is an honor and a testament to the skill level of the Harvard dancers for the Dance Program to be able to present this piece...
...Horowitz said during his speech last Thursday. “He was asleep on his watch, leaving 300 million Americans depending on his protection exposed to danger.” Clinton’s insufficient response to the first World Trade Center attack in 1993 is a testament to his failure to protect the American people from terrorism...