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...before her husbandand struggling with the formal courtlanguage—Haruko abandons her: “Shewas not the first to run into harsh limits;I, of course, had been there beforeher. But she was the first to innocentlybelieve—and who could blame her, havingreceived my solemn promise??thatshe might somehow be protected fromthe implacable forces set against her.”The whole novel suffers fromSchwartz’s lack of engagement with thecentral character. He doesn’t feel theneed to empathize with her. He playsaround with the facts of her life withoutever...
...yesterday that he and Sarafa would be devoting the coming week to meeting with administrators, faculty, and fellow UC representatives to discuss the coming year.But, with the election just ended, the president-elect and his second-in-command have already had an opportunity to make good on a campaign promise??taking to the snow-sprinkled banks of the Charles River to join the members of the Alaska Klub for an 8 a.m. plunge on Saturday.On a morning where the real-feel temperature was 22 degrees, according to the Weather Channel, the newly elected leaders of the College?...
...evening, four days before the vote opens on a referendum that would reform Harvard’s academic calendar, and Undergraduate Council (UC) Vice President Matthew L. Sundquist ’09—one of the two men on campus for whom the issue represents a key campaign promise??is just hitting his stride. Sitting on a couch in the Leverett House Junior Common Room, the lanky Sundquist holds a cell phone to his ear, while conversing with a reporter to his right, and researching HPV vaccines on his laptop. He is preparing for the first...
...week mark, students will again be contacted, this time with information on the progress made towards resolving the targeted concern. For recently inaugurated UC leaders Ryan A. Petersen ’08 and Matthew L. Sundquist ’09, the hotline represents early progress on a key campaign promise??teaching reform. According to Petersen, the goal of effecting pedagogical improvement was particularly well-received in his door-to-door campaign visits. And indeed, for their part, students do appear to recognize the need for the new program. Timothy D. Turner ’09?...
...Zaidi ’08 and Edward Y. Lee ’08 say their slogan “Harvard’s promise?? reflects their attempt to change the culture and identity of the College. And in a campaign crowded with candidates, the duo is holding fast to its idealistic proposals in hopes of capturing the Undergraduate Council’s top two seats. “I think idealism is a point of view, it is not a mode of operations,” Zaidi says, who also stresses the importance of a campus-wide community...