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...commencement speaker, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, did not focus specifically on the tasks at hand in Iraq and Afghanistan. Instead, he strove to arm those cadets with an ideal of leadership, telling them, “I've come to believe that few people are born great leaders. When all is said and done, the kind of leader you become is up to you, based on the choices you make.” He characterized a leader as someone willing to understand and care for those led, but more importantly, as someone who has “moral courage...
...Nelson strove to keep students informed and involved in campus events, using the newspaper to create what he calls “a center of discussion in that pre-internet age.” The crest of controversy during his tenure came with The Crimson’s coverage of Reverend George A. Buttrick’s refusal to allow Jewish services in Memorial Church. The Crimson ran a letter from Univeristy President Nathan M. Pusey ’28 supporting the Reverend’s decision, as well as editorials disapproving of Pusey and Butrick’s stance...
Andrea Mead Lawrence, who died on March 31 at age 76, always strove to be exceptional throughout her life. And she was. At 15, Andrea made the U.S. ski team that competed at the 1948 St. Moritz Olympics, where she finished eighth in the slalom event. She was the youngest U.S. skier ever to compete at the Olympics...
...elected, he was the only current teacher on the committee. During his time on the committee, Schuster said he emphasized civics education and helped start a sub-committee to improve the way the school committee’s decision-making process. Schuster said that he, along with other members, strove to help the committee to work “collectively as one rather than seven individuals fighting for four votes.” Committee member Alfred B. Fantini, who is in his thirteenth term, called Schuster a “bright young man who brought our discussions to a healthy...
...Satan to Tom and cursing him with insanity, Nick departs into the midst of the audience, eerily signaling that devil is amidst each of us. This exemplifies the artistic thesis espoused in the program notes by both the artistic and musical directors: “In this production we strove for an aesthetic which would reflect this theme of self-consciousness and the aesthetic self-consciousness of the piece...