Commencement 2010
Our Turn
One of the main reactions of students at Harvard to a ban on underage drinking has been dismay.
Macintosh Manifesto
A new spectre is haunting Harvard College, one that threatens to disrupt equal access to the means of production—the spectre of personal computers.
Born in the Garden State
There are exactly 308 of us at Harvard, according to the admissions office. We're from New Jersey.
A Threat to Equality
The cuts in federal student aid proposed by the Reagan Administration are a short-sighted and dangerous assault on the equality of opportunity in higher education.
Homes, Not Houses
A random lottery will drain the Houses of much of their existing character.
Fight Stereotypes
We all remember our Harvard interview senior year in high school.
Kennedy for President
Tuesday the American electorats will go to the polls for what may be the most crucial Presidential election of this century.
Self-Embargo
Both Kennedy and Nixon know that nothing can be done about Castro at the present time, but both are trapped by their own rhetoric.
Decision in Algeria
Only a stable France can make an Algerian peace. The United States must help de Gaulle in the coming debate.
Equal Opportunity
The time has come to talk of Radcliffe women being allowed to have men in their rooms more often than the allotted and tea-soaked twice a year.
Sit in and Be Counted
Tomorrow’s generation is heir to a new optimism, a belief that a cause whose realization is five or 10 or 50 years off is not a hopeless cause.
A Welcome Addition
After dragging its little departmental feet for several weeks, the Faculty has finally adopted the proposed concentration program in Social Studies.
Freshman Seminars
Seminars should not be a quick route to 200 level courses, nor should they simply put students in the same room with someone doing original research.
Continent in a Hurry
If the United States wishes to exercise an important influence on Africa's development, immediate and massive attention is essential.