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OPINION
COMMENCEMENT 2007
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Faust’s Labyrinth
The president must approach Harvard’s challenges with a deft hand and an eye for reform
By THE CRIMSON STAFF
We hope that Faust is able to shed the labels she has been given—“the woman president,” “the anti-Summers,” “the Radcliffe dean”—and establish a presence and presidency fully her own. In that endeavor, we wish her the best of luck.
Losing Face
The Faculty must take responsibility for General Education’s implementation
By THE CRIMSON STAFF
Wednesday, June 06, 2007 11:42 PM
If “general education is the public face of liberal education”—as the Task Force on General Education report declared this year—Harvard will soon be known for being muddled and uninspiring.
Deceiving Harvard’s Donors Despite its name, the Harvard College Fund is not devoted to serving undergraduate lifeBy THE CRIMSON STAFF Harvard must make changes in the way that donations are solicited for the Harvard College Fund (HCF) and the way that HCF money is controlled and spent. All the Faculty’s Failures Despite a year of disappointments, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ future can be bright By THE CRIMSON STAFF Michael D. Smith, who was named Dean of the Faculty Monday, faces quite a challenge in uniting and inspiring the Faculty. The Allston Vision Harvard’s Allston plans should remain focused on an integrated campusBy THE CRIMSON STAFF Harvard has a vision for Allston as an integrated campus that fosters interdisciplinary academics and shares its resources with the community. It is a promising one to which Harvard should adhere. This Year In Fun The College has laid a promising foundation for undergraduate social lifeBy THE CRIMSON STAFF The new foundation for a better social life has passed its first major test—but will take the continued combined efforts of administrators and students if it is to continue to flourish. Higher Education In the Spotlight From student loans to academic freedom, all has not been well in the ivory towerBy THE CRIMSON STAFF In light of heightened scrutiny, we hope that institutions of higher education reaffirm their commitment to allowing all to go to college—regardless of their background—and to protecting intellectual freedom. The Year in Brief An assorted look at The Crimson Staff's takes on the year's eventsBy THE CRIMSON STAFF Parting shots
ANNIE M. LOWREY
 ‘Holding On’ Through Harvard
The Best Four Years of Your Life?
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Allston Dreams
By PETER L. GALISON
One foundational—not decorative—element of Allston (and therefore of Harvard) ought to be the arts alongside the sciences.
The Promises of Harvard’s Growth in Allston
By CHRISTOPHER M. GORDON
In the midst of plans, budgets, schedules, and details, our highest responsibility is to deliver on the promise of the great land resource Harvard has in Allston with a 50-year planning horizon.
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Reflections on a Harvard Education
By ERIC MAZUR
Education is so much more than the mere transfer of information.
Sliding from Science
By MATTHEW S. MEISEL
It’s no surprise that more Harvard undergraduates defect from the sciences than the other way around.
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Blogging the Ivy League’s Follies
By CHRIS BEAM and NICK SUMMERS
One weekend in October, we ruined a kid’s life.
‘International’ Education Has Blinkered Students’ Minds
By TRAVIS R. KAVULLA
In my first days as a freshman, I happened across refuse of the previous year’s Cornel West–Larry Summers feud: a poster that encouraged its onlookers to “Get Uppity on Massa Summers’ Plantation.” And so was born my visceral feeling that something was amiss at Harvard College.
Curricular Cooperation, Please
By WILLIAM C. MARRA
Faculty members approached the General Education legislation not as politicians willing to compromise but as academics convinced that their own field must be included in the end product.
Ten-Deep with My Family
By MICHAEL B. BROUKHIM
Just a few days sooner than expected, I’ve found myself on a family vacation while staying at Harvard. That’s a nice place to be.
Leave Behind (a) Legacy
By DANIEL J. HEMEL
I can only hope that the University’s top officials will throw the legacy “feather” to the wind.
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The View From the Medical School
By JOSEPH B. MARTIN
Solving ‘Big Problems’ In Public Health
By BARRY R. BLOOM
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The Progressives’ Prejudice
By J. LORAND MATORY
The entire University community should recognize that the world is not color-blind and that a careful, self-conscious, and hyper-cautious level of procedural circumspection is sometimes necessary in order to guarantee fairness to those who “fit the description.”
One Ear to the Ground, One Eye on the Past
By SUSAN B. MARINE
The women’s center must fulfill its mission by attending to the legacies of the past, while being responsive to the present.
The Change in Quincy House
By EMILY G.W. CHAU and MELISSA QUINO MCCREERY
Wednesday, June 06, 2007 11:15 PM
When Helmholtz Professor of Health Sciences Lee Gehrke and his wife, Deborah, arrived at Quincy House last fall as Acting Masters, there wasn’t much in the way of House spirit awaiting them. But within months, the Gerkes had done more for House community than Quincy’s official Masters, Clowes Professor of Science Robert P. Kirshner ’70 and Jayne Loader, had managed in years.
Too Much of a Bad Thing
By EMMA M. LIND
The new alcohol policy is at best, unenforceable and at worst, harmful. It is certainly an overdose of the wrong medicine.
Liberation (By Prescription)
By JULIET S. SAMUEL
Stripped of the moralizing rhetoric, it’s hard to see why requiring a prescription for the pill is any more justified than requiring permission for use of the flushing toilet.
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