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...China prepares to celebrate the Lunar New Year this weekend, there is much hyperbole about the country's gleaming new skyscrapers, swelling middle class, dazzling preparations for the Olympics and so forth. But it is always worth getting a reality check on what underlies that rosy picture, the fact that China remains a highly repressive authoritarian state. I met recently in a small Beijing cafe with social activist Teng Biao and public-interest lawyer Li Heping, two unassuming gentlemen who are painfully well aware of the lengths the Chinese system will go to preserve itself...
Gomes’ assertion that the president–like the Pope–is “a curious and singular individual” is difficult to deny. With no official job description other than the nebulous statutes put forth in the charter of 1650, Harvard’s presidents often paved their own path—a path that will lead to Harvard’s first female president on July...
...summer of 2006. However, much of the furor surrounded the Cambridge Chronicle, a local newspaper that has recently published several editorials criticizing the management of Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves ’72 in forming the Committee. During last week’s meeting, Councillor E. Denise Simmons put forth a resolution that would have increased the number of Committee members “from the neighborhoods that have been hit hardest by crime—Riverside, Area 4, and North Cambridge, as well as representation from the immigrant community.” However, following a heated exchange, Reeves postponed...
After a back-and-forth first half, it seemed like Harvard was on its way to its first win at Princeton since the 80’s when sophomore guard Drew Housman’s layup with 14:53 left in the second half gave the Crimson a 42-34 lead. Harvard had been strong on both ends of the floor and its Achilles’ heel—three-point shooting defense—appeared to have been fixed, as the Tigers had made only 6-of-17 shots from long range up to that point. What?...
Taking on Sacred Heart at the Pitt Center, the Harvard men’s volleyball team proved just that, pulling through with a 3-2 (30-23, 27-30, 30-17, 22-30, 15-12) win on Friday night after a back-and-forth match against the Pioneers...