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...Harvard football season, led by the truly unfair tandem of Ryan Fitzpatrick ’05 and Clifton Dawson ’07. And I remember my first exposure to The Game, a 35-3 demolition of the last obstacle between the Crimson and the Ivy title.The truth is, Harvard had a culture of winning of its own my freshman year. And with both Boston and Harvard championships coming in such rapid succession, it was the perfect welcome to the University, both for local students like me, and for the many undergrads who adopt Boston teams as their own during...
...whining at Harvard is today facing a grave threat to its very existence. In a cruel blow to academic freedom, truth, and justice, the Faculty voted at its meeting this past Tuesday to put the kibosh on a motion by anthropology professor J. Lorand Matory ’82, which resolved, “that this Faculty commits itself to fostering civil dialogue in which people with a broad range of perspectives feel safe and are encouraged to express their reasoned and evidence-based ideas.” With such a blow to free speech, the Faculty have put their...
...During an appearance on a local PBS talk show in February 2006, Matory justified his opposition to Summers’ presidency by proclaiming that Summers “was telling us that people who insist that Palestinians have rights should be quiet.” Such courage to tell truth to power is the sort of behavior that Harvard has always encouraged. Yet this week, the Faculty begged to differ...
...earnest, non-partisan concerns of a humbly courageous anthropology professor, the Faculty have condemned us all to a future under the heavy fog of repression and hatred. Social lubricants be damned, we must build upon the wisdom of our classical forebears and proclaim that, at Harvard, there is truth in whining. Give us bitching, or give us death...
...overprotective father cuts short his daughter’s relationship and then tells her that her son, Rush, died at birth. That turns out to be a lie; Rush survives and is secretly given up to the state. Ten years later, after her father reveals the truth, Layla heads out to find Rush while Louis inexplicably heads back to New York to find Layla. Meanwhile, Rush (Freddie Highmore) hears music in the air and in his heart, and the sounds fill him with hope that his parents are still alive. By realizing his musical potential, Rush hopes to reunite with...