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...recent article, The Crimson explored the debate among Harvard students as to whether or not the current Japanese government should apologize to China for crimes committed during World War II (WWII). Those crimes were horrible, and the utterly despicable behavior of all the Axis powers during World War II is something that people in Japan and everywhere must understand and appreciate. Nevertheless, I do not believe it to be the place of the current Japanese government to either grant or withhold apology for events that took place so long...

Author: By Marc S. Callis | Title: Japanese Government Cannot Act On WWII China Apology | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

...specter of a rearming and aggressive Japan gives the rest of Asia flashbacks to WWII, but the truth is that Iwakuni, like all Japanese military facilities, is far more defensive than offensive. While missile-armed FA-18 Hornets launch daily from the American side of the base, Japan's hangars are filled with craft like the MH-53, which sweep for mines, and the US-1A, a giant propeller-powered flying boat that has participated in hundreds of sea rescues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking Off With the Japanese Navy | 2/27/2007 | See Source »

...Leroy, the author of assorted literary works that almost nobody besides Courtney Love had read, was himself fabricated by a San Francisco couple looking for attention. But don?t ask me to be outraged that there are slight similarities between Ian McEwan?s Atonement and the autobiography of a WWII nurse. I just don?t have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ian McEwan Has Nothing to Atone For | 11/28/2006 | See Source »

...proposal is the infamous 1945 report, “General Education in a Free Society,” written by former University President James B. Conant ’14, otherwise known as the Red Book.The Red Book, which addressed what college should be like in the post-WWII world, advocated a so-called “great books” curriculum that would equip students with the tools they needed to engage fully in a meritocratic society.While the new Gen Ed proposal eschews anything even remotely like a core set of knowledge, its goals are similar to those...

Author: By Kimberly E. Gittleson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A New Age of Old School | 10/25/2006 | See Source »

...hooking up with someone in the Mountaineering Club so you get to use their sweet indoor climbing wall. 7) Find leg warmers on eBay and take up inline skating. 8) Use your House gym, and then burn calories on the walk to UHS after you get tetanus from the WWII-era free weights. 9) Meet two dates at the same restaurant at the same time; burn calories running and fretting. But mostly fretting. 10) Synchronized swimming in the Charles. 11) Steal booty from the Lamont security guard who looks like a pirate; run as he chases you with his hook...

Author: By Nicole G. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Ways to Stay in Shape Once the MAC Closes | 9/27/2006 | See Source »

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