Word: vitale
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...current country-specific system. The sole category that is even slightly comparative is “The United States in the World”, but answers to the question of what classes will be grouped into this category remain nebulous.Despite these challenges, however, pursuing transnationalism in the academy remains vital. Its implementation will help humanities departments defend against irrelevance by granting them new credence as preparation for the real world, and will train students for a future in which the ability to understand multiple cultures is essential. Only then can Harvard become a truly 21st-century institution.Jessica A. Sequeira...
...Office. In closed-door meetings with the boys upstairs, both Hammonds and outgoing Interim Dean David R. Pilbeam have insisted on the decision’s lack of wisdom. Yet all signs still point to the imminent departure of some of the College’s vital organs from the centre of the Yard to across Massachusetts Avenue...
...exceptions in Massachusetts, and more recently, California). High school shootings and other gun violence incidents are ever-raging, yet constitutional debates over the interpretation of the Second Amendment cloud the fact that this the “right to bear arms” is an anachronistic impediment to the vital public policy that is needed to fight the culture of gun violence...
...junior guard Drew Housman, who missed the layup, but Harris once again smoothly collected the trash and put away another two points. The basket brought Harvard within two—but there was still work to be done. With 17 seconds remaining, Fitzgerald seized the moment and blocked a vital chance by the Tigers to seal the game. The rejection allowed Lin to run down the length of the court and send the game into overtime. In overtime, the once resigned crowd came alive with the sense that victory was within reach. The Crimson drained buckets at will, with...
...revolution in financial aid is wonderful news for students and their families. It is exactly what we hoped for when, under the leadership of President Drew Faust and Dean Michael Smith, Harvard decided last Dec. to reduce the cost of attendance by a third to a half. It is vital as a matter of public policy that qualified students throughout the nation and the world can aspire to any college, regardless of economic background. Harvard will continue to do everything it can to ensure that current and future generations of students have this precious opportunity...