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Kirby’s affirmative action program unnecessary, unjust
Calling last year’s low number of tenure offers to women “a matter of some emergency,” Dean of the Faculty William
Kirby’s affirmative action program unnecessary, unjust
Calling last year’s low number of tenure offers to women “a matter of some emergency,” Dean of the Faculty William
How Undergraduates Get Shafted
Harvard students present and future should not expect many significant improvements in the quality of undergraduate education here. The oft-trumpeted
Senior Gift Shenanigans
Harvard’s Senior Gift Committee thinks that graduating students should be hectored until they fork over some cash. Indeed, putting the
A Harvard Boy in Love
Risking an unmanly show of feelings here, I must confess that I have a crush on Ann Coulter. Coulter is,
A People's Calendar for Harvard
Students would probably view with skepticism any changes proposed by an administration which (with varying degrees of subtlety) has to
Bring Back the Dead White Men
After four years at Harvard, students can graduate into the company of educated men and women without knowledge of Aristotle,
Brave New Foreign Policy
While standing up to a grave threat to world peace in the Middle East, the Bush administration proposed a new
Self-Righteous Liberals at 19
A specter is haunting American colleges—the specter of conservatism. As readers learned from last Wednesday’s comment, more college students are
Dems Need a New Battle Plan
After the Democrats lost the 2000 presidential election, Clinton advisors Paul Begala and James Carville published “A Battle Plan for
Preventing Paternity Fraud
By Luke Smith The Los Angeles County Child Support Services Department (CSSD) boasts an impressive record. According to its website,
Horsing Around With the Electorate
Even after our brief and successful military operation in Iraq, anti-war agitators have not stopped their venomous carping about President
Justice Among Houses
Dartboard thinks that interhouse dining restrictions are unjust. And from the nightly ritual of students clamoring to eat in Adams
Blocking With the Young and the Restless
Playground bullies make great blockmates, at least if you ask “Jim,” the jock who guaranteed his place in a blocking
Optimism on Iraq
The administration of President George W. Bush doesn’t get a lot of credit on Harvard’s campus. At a Harvard Initiative
