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...from such varied backgrounds, this festival provides an opportunity for Harvard students of any race to participate in a celebration of black cultures through events that simultaneously eliminate boundaries between groups and celebrate their cultural diversity. Mgbako emphasizes that this is not an easy feat: black students, he says, tend to fall into one of many specific groups within the black community at Harvard. The festival, he explains, “reasserts the notion of community” by focusing on commonality without ignoring diversity. The intention, he claims, is not for people to forget their individual heritage...
...vastly increase the number of departmental courses that satisfy Core requirements by expediting the approval process, and it needs to do so this spring.The dearth of Core courses is problematic for two reasons. First, in any given semester, the number of courses that satisfy a particular Core area tends to be very small. In the fall of this academic year, for example, there were only four moral reasoning courses offered. This is particularly problematic for seniors who, with a schedule conflict or two, are often forced to take a specific Core course in order to graduate.Second, as the French revolution...
...after going out. For them, it’s simply the ultimate procrastination tool. “It’s like checking [Facebook.com],” Padnick says.A BREAK FROM REALITY?But while video games play roles of varying sizes in students’ lives, they tend to not consume them. Kacey C. Abaraoha ’08 currently spends three or four hours each day playing the Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) “World of Warcraft.” MMORPGs like this and “EverQuest” allow players to create digital...
Secondly, those who claim that such a system would provide a unified public-relations front for the University forget that the University already has a single voice: the central administration and governing boards. These bodies tend to take more of a long-run view and are stewards of the overall good of the institution. Instead of adding to unity, a faculty senate reflecting the interests of individual fiefdoms would only exacerbate dissonance...
...essence, Sadr appears to be betting that Shi'ite and Sunni Iraqis mistrust the U.S. more than they mistrust each other, a not unreasonable assumption. Indeed, both Shi'ites and Sunnis on the streets tend to blame the U.S. presence for the mounting sectarian discord; opinion polls have long found a majority of Iraqis wanting Coalition forces to leave. The parties of the dominant Shi'ite alliance are formally committed to a similar position, although in reality they're in no hurry to face the security consequences of a hasty U.S. departure. Still, Sadr's game plan may include championing...