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...Wall Street Journal editorial leading up the 2006 gubernatorial election accused him of “denying, dissembling and developing convenient cases of amnesia,” in the face of accusations of abuse in office as attorney general. A 2007 New Yorker feature labeled the then-newly elected Governor Spitzer as an “aggressive personality with an ambitious agenda...
...College Evelynn M. Hammonds sent an e-mail to the undergraduate population announcing that, pending further inquiry, shuttles will continue to run after 1:30 a.m. from Sunday to Wednesday next year. However, the administration remained mum on cutbacks to daytime shuttle service. Hammonds and several College administrators faced intense criticism from students during a series of meetings, held on May 11, that administrators said aimed to increase transparency and incorporate student perspective as the University grapples with an unprecedented budget crisis. In the e-mail, Hammonds acknowledged the potential safety hazards that students had raised at the town hall...
...that seems completely different from the one you prepared for? It was good to have a few members of the Adams family near by; at least Henry could offer comfort. The Harvard historian’s generation slouched into the twentieth century with the same bewilderment with which we face ours, also feeling trained for an era that looked nothing like...
...banks of the Charles, Borges was glad his younger self never asked him how successful his verses and books would be. As we face the unanswered questions of where, to whom, and to which causes we shall devote our lives, let us leave today with a promise: to remain true to an ever-changing path, yet always armed with Harvard’s lesson of how to succeed–and also how to fail...
...Sure, most of us would not seek to go to a school where ideological diversity is completely maximized. It is unpleasant to face constant disagreement, and college is supposed to provide more than challenging conversations. Even so, it’s a shame that it’s so easy to live on campus for months or even years without really experiencing what psychologists call cognitive dissonance, the feeling of holding two contradictory ideas at the same time. While questioning our positions generally feels unnatural, few things are as essential. I sincerely hope that after four years here, we will...