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...enormously high returns in previous years, and we believe that Harvard’s investment practices are ultimately correct in intention. Some have also criticized donations to Harvard, arguing that there are more effective ways to spend money charitably. However, Harvard serves an important role in improving the world and its community: a role that is significantly supported by alumni donations. Furthermore, discouraging those with a passion for education from donating to Harvard is more likely to reduce overall philanthropy than redirect...
America was born in war, or through it, and I think it is continually defined by war: from a colony to a united states, from a house divided to a union, from a country to a world power. I choose to study the history and literature of war because I know we can find, there, some fundamental aspects of our nation’s character. War, I believe, is an act of self-definition. It reveals not only what a country is, but also what it hopes to be. I learned this in class—in "The American Revolution...
...America or Norman Mailer’s The Naked and the Dead. As I read these things, I learned something about reading the literature of war (or really, any reading): It is an act of self-validation. I didn’t live through the American Revolution or World War II. But I have seen things I did not want to see, and I have been confused, and afraid...
...tried seven different things this year [for rebounding and defense]...but all the talk and drills in the world just aren’t doing it,” Delaney-Smith said. “We got better, but I still don’t have three legitimate rebounders on the team. I have two. We had stretches in several games where we were the best-defending team I’ve ever coached, so it isn’t that we don’t know how [to rebound and defend], it’s just not our mindset...
...truth is that the Senior Week schedule reflects a tension internal to the Commencement process. On one hand, many of the Commencement speakers will talk about the tremendous capacity that the class of 2010 has to serve our communities, our country, and the world. We will be praised for our strengths and encouraged to use our gifts to improve society and humanity. At the same time, most of the class of 2010 already have their plans for next year locked up. If the past is any indication, many Harvard seniors will be taking competitive, individualistic, and personally rewarding jobs next...