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...Yifei Chen ’09 says of the Mission Statement of Harvard College, “Nowhere in that statement is any mention of inculcating students with a culture of service to others. Instead, it reeks of unabashed individualism…” (“Volunteering? What??s That?” comment, Oct. 23). But the Mission Statement ends with this exhortation: “Harvard expects that the scholarship and collegiality it fosters in its students will lead them in their later lives to advance knowledge, to promote understanding, and to serve society...
...what??s next for the cartoonist? A weekly 3-D political cartoon project, interestingly enough...
...What??s even more remarkable is that in all of the commentary about Obama that has appeared in the papers and blogs this week, his racial identity has received very little attention. Here is an intelligent, charismatic man with bipartisan support who has a legitimate shot at becoming the first African-American nominee for president on a major party ticket, and no one wants to talk about his ethnicity. Why is that...
Crimson and the Big Green. No, it’s not Christmas, but this Sunday’s game against Dartmouth might give the men’s soccer team what??s at the top of its list: an Ivy League title. Hoping to claim sole possession of first place in a neck-and-neck race with Penn, Brown and Dartmouth, this matchup is a must-win for Harvard (11-4-0, 4-1-0) if it wants to keep its edge. Currently tied at the top with Penn, the Crimson’s hopes for a title...
...seems as though a separate book should be written for the three issues he discusses, namely neighborhood racial tensions, social interaction, and gene selection. The social interaction section especially, is more math-heavy; while it is nothing more complicated than basic arithmetic and algebra, its sheer volume is overwhelming. What??s more, there is no final chapter that ties the first two halves of the book together, binding theory and commentary. Had Schelling done that, the book would have been more memorable...