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Daniel B. Baer
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Appiah Will Be Missed
To the editors: Re: “Appiah To Leave Harvard” (Jan. 30) Caswell Professor of Afro-American Studies and of Philosophy K. Anthony
Lessons from Columbine High
L ittleton is a sleepy town, really. My friends and I used to refer to it as "Little-fun" during high
Close to Home: The Story of Four Families
Leaving for college has long been an American rite of passage. A time when newfound hopes, expectations and independence tend
The Lessons Harvard Hasn't Taught Me
I hope that the people who were heading west from Denver on I-70 enjoyed my best efforts to entertain them.
A Teacher Learns a Lesson of His Own
It was a great conversation starter. The discussions began to arise in January or February, and by April, every time
Why Us Versus Them Still Matters
T HE West watched the East last week: the U.S. watched the U.S.S.R. And different people saw different things. We
Scenes From the Class Struggle
H ARVARD'S most intense class struggle happens twice per year, for about a week each time. It's called shopping period.
Reading During the Revolutions
M OST Harvard students are so thoroughly primed in the rigors of dishonest politeness that when asked "How was your
Student Pressure and Faculty Diversity
"I THINK there's a lot of good will toward Blacks in America generally." Ronald Reagan? Ed Koch? Dan Quayle? Nope.
Why in My Backyard?
I HAD a job last year sorting articles for a sociologist who was writing a book on New York City.
A Defense of COCA's "Shock Activism"
N OT thinking about politics is easy for people whose daily survival is never seriously threatened. When I feasted on
Can't Help Being Bourgeois
W HEN the Berlin Wall effectively came crumbling down over a week ago, the reforms in East Germany suddenly became
Where is Faculty Hiring This Fall?
A FTER working together all of last year, the Minority Students Alliance (MSA) and the Undergraduate Council's Ad Hoc Committee
Israel's Next Plan of Attack
A s it has become more acceptable to speak critically about Israel during the last two years, critics have worked
The Politics of Phony Solutions
I hear that the politically correct response to the ongoing. NYNEX strike--the way that we students can best express our