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...ends in themselves. And while I’m glad that Harvard has enabled me to apply these towards worthy causes, like Teach for America, or even in support of more personal projects, like my thesis, they are tools and nothing more. They are not a valid ideology; they are not a measure of success...
...station, some officials showed sympathy for the cause, according to Ross. Ross said they suggested the group lobby lawmakers, not the officials carrying out the law. But the rising Winthrop House senior said that he believed that the recruiting station is a site of discrimination and thus a valid place to protest. The four arrested individuals were released on bail, but they will appear for court in July. Reitan, who has now racked up 11 arrests for protesting various gay and lesbian causes, said the group members were well aware of the likelihood of arrest when they entered the station...
...sparked by a proposal that accused the faculty of censorship. The motion, sponsored by anthropology professor J. Lorand Matory ’82, only talked about free speech to cover his agenda of criticizing pro-Israel bias at the University. Whether or not Matory’s points were valid, his motion was a waste of the Faculty’s time, and the debate that followed—which took up much of November’s as well as December’s Faculty meetings—sucked up time that could have been spent discussing more important...
...School Dean Larry D. Kramer said in a telephone interview Friday that the reforms were driven by growing faculty and student discontent over the existing grading system. “We had created a false sense of precision and drew distinctions among students that weren’t really valid,” he said. “The biggest desire was that we wanted people to pick classes based on what they wanted to learn and not on grades.” The decision—which was made last Wednesday—received strong support from the faculty...
...scandal plays out mostly in the media and the political arena, the Swiss public remains largely unmoved. "In general, Swiss people trust their government and hold it in high regard," says Egli. "The feeling is that if the government destroyed the documents, they surely had valid reasons to do so. It really doesn't affect their lives one way or another...