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Looking back on the turmoil of the 1970s, Bok, who is now a professor at the Kennedy School, writes in an e-mail, “In writing my open letters, I thought that it was incumbent on a Harvard president to explain in detail the University’s reasons for taking a position on an important moral issue, especially when the position was objected to by a substantial number of students...
Amid this turmoil over Harvard’s South African investments, the Kennedy School announced it would name its library after Charles W. Engelhard, an industrialist whose political and financial participation in South Africa reputedly supported the apartheid regime. In their protests for divestment, some students denounced the naming of the library after Engelhard...
...dealings of the Crimson. But really, this isn’t a story about resilient articles of clothing or rapid-fire e-mailing or even our work at 14 Plympton St. Far from being weighed down by the confines of tradition, most Harvard student organizations are limited by the turmoil of turnover. Most institutional memory lasts four years at best. As one class graduates, another ascends into leadership positions. Inevitably, they chart a new course for their organizations. For a few months, they reinvent the wheel, trying to move forward while stumbling over age-old problems...
...bewildering questions in the auto industry is how high gas prices would have to climb before Americans dump their gas guzzlers for more fuel-efficient cars. The issue comes to a head every time prices spike at the pump, whether because of turmoil in the Middle East, a lack of refinery capacity or old-fashioned opportunism in anticipation of a surge in demand. That's the scene now, with oil futures hitting record levels and gas prices averaging nearly $2 per gal. nationwide just as the summer driving season kicks off. If you just spent $75 to fill up your...
...Teen Brain New research says our minds don't fully mature until after age 20. That may explain why teenagers are so often in turmoil--and why they drive their parents nuts...