Politics
In Roundtable, Professors Talk Politics, History
A roundtable on the role of history and the law in the current presidential election drew a crowd in the Barker Center Tuesday night.
Brown, Warren Announce Mounting Fundraising Figures
U.S. Senator Scott Brown and Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren announced that they had raised $7.45 million and $12.1 million, respectively, in the third quarter of 2012.
What to Look for in Tonight's Debate
After a presidential debate that catapulted Mitt Romney ahead in the polls and an even more rousing vice presidential showdown last Thursday, we're eager to see what tonight's penultimate, round three debate at Hofstra University will bring. As both casual observers and huge "Sesame Street" fans, here are five things Flyby will be looking for tonight.
True Love, New Name
True Love Revolution no longer exists. Now, students say, the Anscombe Society exists not as a support group but as a community promoting abstinence, heterosexual marriage, and traditional gender roles.
IOP Panelists Stress Importance of Presidential Debates
Panelists at the Institute of Politics said that debates are playing a stronger role in the presidential elections, because of an increase in political advertising.
Voter Registration Deadline for Massachusetts on Oct. 17
If you haven't registered to vote in next month's general election, you have just two days to make sure you'll ...
Students Discuss Affirmative Action Case
While the oral arguments may be over for the Supreme Court case Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, the conversation has certainly not ended for Harvard undergraduates.
Mitt Romney's First Race
Before he was the Republican nominee for president, Mitt Romney ran a race for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts and lost. That campaign against Edward M. Kennedy '56-'58 in 1994 was his first foray into politics, but it was not the business mogul's first race. That distinction belongs to a very different type of race: a prep school cross country race during Romney's senior year at Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., a 1994 Crimson profile of Romney shows.
Sonal R. Shah
In this mini-series, Flyby profiles one of the seven fall 2012 IOP Fellows each week. This week: Sonal R. Shah. You may have seen IOP fellow Sonal R. Shah around campus at Harvard sporting events as she indulges her passion for all things athletic. But you can also join Shah in another setting this semester; every Thursday from 4 to 5:30 p.m. her study group meets in room L166 at the IOP.
IOP Hosts Vice Presidential Debate Viewing
Politics might as well be a sport, given the way undergraduates applauded and hollered during the Thursday night vice presidential debate at a viewing hosted by the Institute of Politics.
Warren, Brown Split on Party Lines in Third Debate
The hour-long debate at Springfield’s Symphony Hall hinged on the candidates’ ideological differences over job creation and the federal government’s role in it.
Tibetan Prime Minster Hopes for Dialogue
Lobsang Sangay—the prime minister of the Central Tibetan Administration—expressed his hope for a dialogue for peace between Tibet and China in a lecture on Tuesday in the Tsai Auditorium.
Tonight's Warren Brown Debate
With two debates behind them and less than a month till election day, U.S. Senator Scott Brown and Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren will face off once again tonight in Springfield for the penultimate debate in the Massachusetts U.S. Senate race.
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Students, professors, and visitors listen intently to Dr. Lobsang Sangay, the prime minister of the Tibetan exile government, speak about the hope he has for peacefully resolving the issues between Tibet and China.
Harvard Staff Weigh in on Senate Race
With Harvard faculty members showing unprecedented financial and public support for colleague Elizabeth Warren’s campaign for U.S. Senate, Harvard’s staff members have also begun to make their choice in the competitive race between the Law School professor and incumbent Senator Scott Brown. Working in the traditionally liberal bastion of Cambridge, many Harvard staff interviewed for this article—ranging from dining hall workers to security guards—say they stand behind Warren.
Type 'Completely Wrong' into Google Images
Type "Completely Wrong" into Google Images. Apparently someone has a beef with W. Mitt Romney.
In Advertisement, Retired Athletes Endorse Scott Brown
Several retired Boston athletes became the latest group to endorse U.S. Senator Scott Brown in his reelection campaign for Massachusetts’ junior Senate seat in a new television advertisement released Wednesday.
Flu Epidemic, FDR, Sputnik, and More
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.