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...distinction between a valid field of study and a political platform is the ability of the former to allow for discussion and debate. The latter, like Women's Studies, is only a point of view or at most, "the study of a point of view by those who hold that point of view...
...deep and sincerely held vision. Reagan wholeheartedly seems to believe that individuals and stories about individuals are the keys to general truths. That vision can go crazily awry; Reagan is known for responding to general questions with irrelevant, albeit funny or touching, anecdotes. But the vision itself can be valid and clarifying. When John Donne wrote, "I am a little world made cunningly," it was a comfort to believe that the overwhelming complexities of the cosmos could be reduced to the size...
Crane has made an issue of the fact that Hampers took time off from her job as Revenue Commissioner to fight and lose a court battle for certain tax deductions. Hampers says she still believes the deductions were valid...
...There are too many intellectual and educational casualties among the student body of Harvard. Our students deserve better," Bennett bellowed. Not exactly a typical birthday greeting. Although Bennett raised some valid points--such as the problems with Harvard's advising system and the Core Curriculum-the good secretary failed to butress his conclusion with anything resembling researched support. Even Bok said Bennett didn't sound too "sober...
...several points, however, Bennett's criticisms were valid. Harvard does need a way to prevent undergraduates from "falling through the cracks." The advising system that Bennett confronted as a freshman proctor 15 years ago is still totally inadequate. While the University offers motivated students an opportunity to delve deeply into their own specific academic interests, it fails to give other students--less directed and less sure of their ultimate academic goals--much help...