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Each September, undergraduates throng to Tercentenary Theatre to peruse the vast array of student groups at Harvard. A quick survey of the various booths, tables and displays reveals a number of thriving religious groups, with organizations like the Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Fellowship and Harvard Hillel boasting membership rosters in excess of 150 students...
Stepping down from that pedestal requires us to be truthful with ourselves about the farcical concepts of meritocracy that we use to justify our privilege. The fact of the matter is that the vast majority of the world, living on under two dollars a day and not speaking Harvard’s language of instruction, has no chance of even attending college, much less Harvard. I refuse to believe that out of billions of people there is not one person that under different circumstances could have taken my place here; we surely aren’t the only...
...dramatic break from the past. Foreign oil companies will have a stake in Iraq's vast oil wealth for the first time since 1972, when Iraq nationalized the oil industry. In theory, that could finally fix Iraq's shambolic oil sector, whose infrastructure has been crippled by decades of wars and sanctions. Production these days hovers around 2 million barrels a day, a big drop from Iraq's prewar peak of more than 3 million barrels...
...much longer list of departmental courses for every area of the Core. To that end, we urge the Faculty to write increased leniency with Core exemptions into the legislation that implements the new system in order to improve the curriculum during the transition.Once such legislation is in place, approving vast numbers of departmental courses will involve much less red tape. For instance, a whole slew of history conference courses, which do not count because they do not give finals, could count for Historical Studies credit by next year.The committee should also, of course, make sure that adequate resources are devoted...
...conclude that, “Given cost constraints, the request to lengthen dining hours in each House is not feasible.” We disagree. We’re willing to pay a bit more for better service, and we’d hazard to guess that a vast majority of students would agree. Unless we’re willing to fork over the cash at some point, the system will never be fixed. It is simply unacceptable that no dining hall is open past 7:30 p.m. at a college where, according to Undergraduate Council (UC) survey data, over...