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President John F. Kennedy ’40, who, as a Harvard undergrad, was inspired to a life of public service, described the responsibility we have as educated citizens to participate in our Democracy. Speaking to students at Vanderbuilt University in 1963, President Kennedy said, “All Americans must be responsible citizens. But, some must be more responsible than others by virtue of their public or their private positions, their role in the family or the community, their prospects for their future, or their legacy from the past. Increased responsibility goes with increased ability. For those to whom...
...three according to the working “Gang of Five” report, only two required, for a total of six or four half-courses, depending on the courses—it wouldn’t be unreasonable to cut the required number of Core courses for each undergrad to five. The College could encourage professors to devise pilot courses now, with the ideals of the new curriculum in mind, and test them out as Cores. The College could even put an interim distribution requirement in place to encourage current students to get their Gen Ed directly from departments?...
Strolling through the yard to my philosophy class, I think back on my first year as a Harvard undergrad. One might say that it is a far cry from my freshman year at UCLA. This is most prevalent when I notice that it is five below outside, and I remember that I had to ask my roommate for help because I did not know what a winter wardrobe consisted of up until about 15 months ago. Undeniably, there were ups and downs of my first year. It was often difficult to know that I had no blocking group because...
...belittles the student literary magazine The Advocate, calling its members “mostly messy-haired people” who “get blasted there on cheap booze.” And he mocks a female undergrad who is participating in the time-honored tradition of urinating on the John Harvard statue, calling her a “panting little primate...
...trimaran boat. Putting aside the watercolor I had been apathetically painting, I sat back and took in the omnipresent smell of sea salt and smoke and the shimmering silhouettes of overly-friendly jellyfish. Yet I could not escape the thought that my brother was no longer an undergrad like me. He was now a husband, honeymooning in Bora Bora with my new sister-in-law. The image was too heavy to bear. And so I contented myself by musing upon whether the couple would celebrate their first year anniversary with equal fanfare, and whether that meant we would all return...