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...reformers, or outsiders, or people with experience—or megalomaniacal schemes, there is something surreal about the orgiastic frenzy of these people playing pretend. (Guys, wait 20 years and run for Senate.)It is lamentable that someone must win this race; students can best serve their real interests??giving the UC a recognition of the tedium and mundanity of its proper work—by not voting at all. And whoever does win might serve us well by taking a year-long rest.Travis Kavulla ’06-’07 is a history concentrator affiliated...
...opportunity to do work in which they’re truly interested, while also making it much more possible for undergraduates to make an educated choice about their leaders. This week’s petty controversy rooted in confusion didn’t serve anyone’s interests??it’s time that the UC made clear to undergraduates what its job really is.Adam Goldenberg ’08 is a social studies concentrator in Winthrop House. His column appears on alternate Fridays...
Harvard puts up a mighty pretense of moral neutrality as the Corporation allots its billions, and the Harvard Management Company makes its millions for what are supposed to be the “best interests?? of the University. Somehow, ethical values and human values got left out of these best interests. They have come to mean little more than material values, with no other measure than the maximization of profit for the Corporation and its endowment...
...economy implies familiarity with its political situation as well, El-Erian can be trusted to have a more comprehensive understanding of where and to what end Harvard’s money is being spent. His time at the IMF not only indicates his talent, but also his honorable interests??development and alleviation of poverty. With the emphasis on corporate responsibility in the business world today, El-Erian ensures that the HMC will lead the propagation of ethical standards in the wider business community, not merely waiting for them to fall into place. Another way El-Erian fits seamlessly...
...weather conditions plague the planet. But Schrag’s findings are not without controversy. Some scientists, such as Willie Soon, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and a senior scientist at the Marshall Institute—which is funded by Exxon Mobile and other private interests??suggest that the current climatic change is a natural phase in climate history, rather than induced by carbon emissions. But Schrag disagrees with this line of thought, which in recent years has countered environmentalists’ claims of permanent environmental degradation. “We can prove, using...