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...Travis R. Kavulla ’06-’07 appeared on The Fox News Channel last week, I have frittered away my nights futilely trying to think of something controversial that would win me my minute of national fame. Thankfully, Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature Ruth R. Wisse??s Wall Street Journal op-ed last Thursday sparked an epiphany that ended my search...
...picture you see from your dorm window? Probably not, but Wisse believes that these characteristics of the “new generation” of Harvard students prompted the student body to reject the Faculty’s recent coup and support University President Lawrence H. Summers. Unfortunately, Wisse??s simple explanation does not withstand scrutiny; not only is she out of touch with students one third her age—a day of Core classes and a night at a final club would refute both of her claims—but she also uses a very specific...
...appalled at the thought of ending legacy admissions. There are debutantes who still “come out” to society at galas, but who also do not mind hooking up randomly on weekends. Twenty-first century Cantabrigians can be proponents of conservatism without fitting into Wisse??s archetype of conservatives...
...least two of Summers’ most prominent supporters on the Faculty—Stephan Thernstrom and Ruth R. Wisse??were absent from today’s meeting...
...untapped and sometimes even dangerous scholarly pursuit. Once given the resources it deserves, the field has the potential to facilitate a much-needed pluralism, one that would revolutionize how Muslims understand themselves as well as how others understand Islam. Therefore, to use Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature Ruth Wisse??s distinction, it is imperative that the courses not become “congratulatory” but “critical”; the latter is meant in the best sense of the word. So while we are concerned about what events and professors will be funded...