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...reservists did and demanded that he step down. Peace in the Middle East will come only when each side develops the ability to empathize with its leaders as well as its hated enemies. Hwun-Yee Chen San Francisco Your report referred to a Palestinian minister who took Israel to task for not recognizing Arabs as equals and for seeking military solutions instead of political ones. What political solutions did he have in mind? The Palestinians elected Hamas to lead them, and the heroes of the Lebanese are their Hizballah warlords. Both Hamas and Hizballah are loudly and proudly dedicated...
...panel also included Elizabeth S. Spelke ’71, Harvard’s Berkman professor of psychology. And Grosz herself headed Harvard’s Women in Science and Engineering task force, appointed by Summers last spring...
...them to trust the fund as a lender, members must feel adequately represented. A central focus of reform today is the restructuring of voting power to better reflect changes in economic importance, as well as to give small poor countries more of a say. This is no easy task. A gain for some will mean a loss for others. But if reforms enacted in Singapore bolster confidence in the IMF, everybody wins?and future anniversaries should be happy affairs...
...first step to overcoming a problem is admitting that you have one, then Harvard is on the right track with the creation of the Task Force on Teaching and Career Development. In an initiative independent of the Harvard College Curricular Review, the faculty on the task will submit recommendations to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) this spring on improving pedagogy within FAS.The curricular review’s January report on pedagogy gives us some inspiration about where this task force might focus its efforts. That report identifies key areas for improvement, such as the gathering and interpretation...
...funded by $200,000 from University Hall, planned the carnival—the first in a series of activities, including the Harvard-Yale Pep Rally in the fall and Yardfest in the spring, slated for this year. The CEB this fall assumed responsibility for social programming, previously a task reserved for the UC. Campus Life Fellow John T. Drake ’06 oversaw the planning and execution of the carnival. “I think this event shows off what the CEB is capable of, and I’m looking forward to a fantastic year of great events...