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...professors who specialized in race relations and civil rights is causing concern and discussion among the school’s affiliates about the need for more faculty of color in GSE’s ranks and a greater focus on race in the school’s curriculum.Last Wednesday, hundreds of students and professors congregated in the Gutman Conference Center for an open forum to address how the school should move forward after the departure of Professor of Education and Social Policy Gary Orfield.Orfield, one of the founder’s of the former Harvard Civil Rights Project, moved...
...College Events Board (CEB) will be co-hosting special Stein Clubs in each of the Houses next month with the House Committees (HoCos), the College announced Wednesday. The 12-part “Pimp Yo’ Stein Club” series—featuring professional trivia, karaoke, “Dance Dance Revolution” (DDR), and food from Harvard Square restaurants—will culminate in Yardfest, an outdoor concert and carnival scheduled for April 28, Campus Life Fellow John T. Drake ’06 said. CEB President Adam Goldenberg ’08 added that...
...however, made an effort to accommodate House masters’ concerns. This semester, the UC moved the final day of the weekly application period from Thursday to Wednesday, in order to allow party grant recipients more time to adequately register their party, according to Li, who is also a Crimson editorial editor. Given the value of a centralized fund, it would be far better for the UC to work with House masters and adapt the fund accordingly than to decentralize it and make each HoCo responsible for enforcing its House’s rules—which is hardly...
...Political philosopher Charles Taylor said Mohler's comments show he is capable of setting aside strongly held notions in the face of scientific evidence - which he called refreshing. "Both science and religion can be very much perverted by ideological beliefs. Both need to be purified," said Taylor, who on Wednesday was awarded the $1.5 million Templeton Prize for a career spent arguing that fields such as history, politics and economics pay too little heed to spirituality as a real force in people's lives...
...mails have come as Senators are grilling the White House for other details of its involvement in the firings. In a letter sent to President Bush Wednesday, Senator Charles Schumer cited a Feb. 23, 2007, letter from the Justice Department saying that "it was not aware of anyone lobbying" for the appointment of Tim Griffin as U.S. Attorney in Arkansas. Schumer then referred to a Dec. 19, 2006 e-mail by former Justice Department chief of staff Kyle Sampson saying that getting Griffin "appointed was important to Harriet, Karl, etc." Schumer asked Bush to "explain any involvement of Karl Rove...