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Cristian D. Pleters

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Mark Bode
Academics

Standing Alone: Advanced Standing At Harvard

Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education Noël Bisson declines to disclose the exact number of students currently pursuing advanced standing at the College, but says the contingent is “tiny.”

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Better the Trump You Know

The “winning” Trump is odious, but at least we know who he is. The losing Trump is an unknown who was prepared to unleash a wave of unforeseen terror.

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​Too Well-Endowed for Its Own Good

Like those arguing on behalf of HUDS, future student activists will likely be tempted to use the endowment as a rhetorical tool to argue for otherwise credible points. Hopefully they can learn from their predecessors’ errors and not poison their message with a misinformed notion of how Harvard’s wealth works.

Daniel Shapiro
Faculty

Daniel L. Shapiro

Shapiro has traveled around the world working to resolve identity-based conflicts, from ethnic wars in Yugoslavia to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Faust’s Fence

University President Drew G. Faust may be a historian by trade, but she maneuvers like a politician—one who avoids displeasing anyone by pleasing no one.

Local Raves
Conversations

Let It Rave

Electronic, House and Trance are the typical genres heard at raves, and while there aren’t any raves in Cambridge proper, venues around town frequently put on events featuring these types of artists

Clover Closing Party
College

For Leaving Clover

But tonight is louder, boozier, and more emotional: Clover is holding a “farewell party” to say goodbye to its location at 7 Holyoke St. in the Smith Campus Center.

American Cuisine
Food and Drink

Hey Professor: My Teacher Ate My Homework

We asked US World 19: American Food, A Global History professor Joyce E. Chaplin all about... You guessed it, food.

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