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...when he was younger than I am now.” Beah also discussed the arrival and purpose of his bestselling new book, ‘A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Child Soldier.’ “I felt the need to write because I was remembering the children who were still there,” he said. Jacqueline Bhabha said she hopes Beah’s presence will drive home the reality of the effect of warfare on children. “I hope it makes people realize how many important human rights issues there...
Anecdotal evidence has long suggested that some Harvard students write rather poorly. The official line is that all students should be proficient writers after completing a course in Expository Writing, which has been required of all first years since 1872 and, at least in theory, molds each freshman into an essay-writing maestro. And yet professors, teaching fellows, and students all see examples of sub-par writing far too frequently. This begs the question of just how well Harvard does in teaching writing...
...course, there is always the off chance that I won’t cure AIDS or write “A Remembrance of Things Past,” so I still do my part to be a responsible member of society. I pay my taxes; I vote Democratic; I recycle both plastic and paper. I even go out of my way to step over homeless people lying on the ground in Harvard Yard, not because I don’t want to touch them but because it would be wrong to trample on their heads. (But I don?...
...Maybe we can write the other Ivies and tell them we win by common opponent,” Graham said. “No, you can’t read too much into it. I expect the Ivy season will be very challenging this year...
...Summers will likely receive tonight just up the road at Tufts University. When Summers’ appearance at Tufts was announced, professors and students cried foul, pointing to his infamous comments on women in science as evidence that he is sexist. One professor went so far as to write a letter to Tufts President Lawrence S. Bacow saying that he should not invite “people who have contributed in one way or another to making racist and sexist attitudes more mainstream” to speak on campus. Much of the harsh reaction may be due to the fact...