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Studying abroad in Delhi for the fall semester of my junior year, I got to see from an outsider’s point of view the status-seeking competition of a top university. My host institution, St. Stephen’s College of Delhi University, is known as one of India’s most rigorous and prestigious non-technical schools. Seats not reserved for lower castes or other minorities often go to representatives of the North Indian urban elite who master the competitive entrance examination process...
...There’s no one who I’m less surprised to hear that they won,” said Ari R. Hoffman ’10, who has known Wise since their freshman year. “But there’s also no one who I think deserves it more and [better] represents what I think Harvard students should...
Elizabeth H. Dole (M.Ed. '60) was a North Carolina senator from 2003 to 2009 before losing to “godless” Kay Hagan. Her husband is Bob Dole, the 1996 Republican presidential candidate who is probably better known for his appearance in Viagra advertisements...
...official announcement of her nomination, President Barack Obama hailed Kagan, currently Solicitor General, as a “consensus builder” known for “her openness to a wide range of viewpoints...
Kagan instituted what was known as “pie-day,” an occasion in November for staff to gather, eat pie, and write thank-you cards to one another. She also made a point of remembering staff members’ names—which one staffer said was appreciated at an institution where relationships between faculty and staff are often tinged by elitism...