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...capes, no masks, no problem. The live-action comic book about ordinary folks discovering extraordinary powers transcended geek appeal with a crisp, focused plot and a dose of humor. Special honors go to Masi Oka, who, as time-traveling cubicle jockey Hiro, stood in for every kid (and grownup) who has ever wished he could close his eyes, squint really hard and save the world...
McCaffrey’s apology demonstrates his ignorance of this basic concept of the value of life. In defending Pinochet, he claims that the tyrant stood for “the principles on which Western nations were founded,” principles based in the free market. This misapprehension is unsurprising, coming from a young conservative, but no less troubling. There are three key foundational principles we respect in this Western nation, so much so that we know them as the “unalienable Rights” of “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness...
...room,” that the touted—and now defunct—“Reason and Faith” requirement of the new general education would place “Jesuits under beds and priests in every corner” of the College. Although Gomes stood out for the laughs that he earned, his remarks generally echoed the meeting’s thread of criticism directed at the Preliminary Report’s categories and nomenclature. Philip Fisher, the Reid professor of English and American literature, extended this theme, hypothesizing that vague categories such as the newly...
It’s been over two weeks since the Harvard men’s hockey team last stood on the blue line, listening to the national anthem before a contest...
...that lack any repercussions—on their vaunted professors. Students might not have doctorates yet, but so long as they are being given the responsibility for choosing their courses, they deserve reasonable information upon which to base those decisions. It is a shame that not a single professor stood up in support of mandatory evaluations for all professors...