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...again, when was the last time the Crimson won a Rose Bowl? Oh, right. 1920.You see, we might have some of the smartest teams in the nation, but when it comes to performance in the big-time sports, the moneymakers—the basketballs and footballs of the world??we come up short. Because what measures success in those arenas is wins, and a basketball team coming off its fourth straight losing season and a football team whose growth is consistently stunted by shortened schedule thanks to Ivy League postseason rules earn us little praise?...
...Hell,” Gregory H. Epstein, Harvard’s Humanist Chaplain, presides over his own sort of ministry—one that doesn’t include the “G” word. “As a humanist, I view God as maybe the world??s most influential and important literary character,” Epstein says. “Humanism is a progressive philosophy of life which sees human beings as a process of evolution, and sees them living in the only one true world, the natural world. The greatest goal...
Funding for that improvement has arrived in the form of Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud’s $20 million gift announced this past November. The Saudi Arabian prince—also the world??s fifth richest man—designated the donation specifically for Islamic Studies. However, despite the improvement the gift guaranteed, critics inside and outside the Harvard community—still reeling from the events of Sept. 11, 2001—said they were suspicious of his background and presumed intentions and questioned whether or not the University should accept the donation...
...March 2, a historical visit by a U.S. president to the largest democratic country in the world climaxed when President Bush and Manmohan Singh, India’s prime minister, signed a deal many have called “a welcome for India to the world??s nuclear family.” The deal, which needs the approval of the U.S. Congress, would grant India the civilian nuclear technologies currently given to members of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) who eschew military nuclear technologies. While one would be remiss to ignore the strategic importance of cultivating an ally...
With a net worth of $23.7 billion, Alwaleed is one of the world??s leading philanthropists. While Islamic understanding is the motive behind many of his institutional gifts, the prince has also given $19 million toward Tsunami relief and $20 million for victims of the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan...