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...strikers, who faced vehement criticism from some fellow students while the fast was going on, were not initially sure whether their efforts had been very effective. While the University eventually met two of the strikers’ demands—holding a meeting with the protesters and releasing a statement reaffirming Harvard’s commitment to treating its workers fairly—they did not agree to negotiate with the security guards’ contractor, AlliedBarton...
...education would draw Harvard’s academics out in droves. Yet anemic attendance at Faculty meetings—when the Faculty bothered to have them at all—served as depressing indicators of Faculty apathy. Unsurprisingly, the Curricular Review largely fell flat. Instead of crafting a meaningful statement on what it means to be educated in today’s world, professors only seemed to care that their parochial corner of academia be included, leaving Harvard with an uninspired retread of the Core Curriculum. It will be up to Smith and Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies...
...last, status and tradition have given me a chance to violate that statement on both counts...
...education second to none.” “This is a moment of rare opportunity, as we renew our curriculum, explore new connections across fields, and plan for a presence in Allston that reflects and strengthens our academic mission,” he said in the statement. When Smith assumes the position on July 15, he will be the fourth dean to sit in University Hall’s second-floor corner office in just over a year. The Faculty has lacked a permanent leader since historian William C. Kirby resigned under pressure from then-University President Lawrence...
...Life is beautiful” certainly seems like a rather obvious—or even worse, trite—statement, and certainly not like the result of four years of intensive, and quite costly, study. Yet this simple statement can get clouded very easily, especially at a place as competitive as Harvard. Like all high-pressure environments, this school tends to emphasize things that don’t ultimately matter, while simultaneously deemphasizing those that really...