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Alexander T. Nguyen
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The Personal Touch
You have probably heard of the Inuit who barred a stranger from using his hearth because the fire might only
A Modest Proposal
The more things change, so goes a popular French proverb, the more they stay the same. Just ask Radcliffe College
Ordinary People
Deaths have explanations to fill the voids they leave. Suicides are different. The suicide of Chang H. Jo '00 before
Two Truths and a Lie
For my first column, we'll play two rounds of an ice-breaker called "Two truths and a lie." Spot the lie
It's a Consumer's World After All
Each semester, academic purists bewail the corrupted, materialistic attitude with which we Harvard students consume our education. In a world
Blame Harvard for Cold Hearts
R ecruiting seniors who enter consulting or investment-banking are often charged to have somehow entered a Faustian contract and sold
Equal Opportunity Fetishes
The rules of interracial dating are supposed to be like this: If white dates Asian, it's a "fetish." If white
Marketing Diversity
I n October, the Asian American Association organized a debate between student leaders on the legitimacy of ethnic groups at
Multicultural Student Center Needed
T o a large extent, much of the debate surrounding the multicultural student center since the late 1960s has been
Time Management 101
H ere's a free time-management course for all of you reading this from the Alexander T. Nguyen School of Efficiency
Panelists Say Time Has Come to Cut Military
Reducing the $265 billion U.S. military budget in favor of increasing funding for educational and other social programs is not
Cambridge's Area Four: Poverty Tinged With Hope
From their vartage point in Harvard Square, many would consider Cambridge a city of affluence and majesty. Cambridge is home
Racist Graffiti Stuns Mather
For the second time this year, racially offensive graffiti has appeared on a Mather Tower elevator door, triggering an advisory
ESAC Demonstrates For Ethnic Studies
Members of the Ethnic Studies Action Committee (ESAC) mobilized yesterday to advocate cultural diversity and the creation of an ethnic
Prof. Resigns From Cambridge University Press
A Harvard professor has resigned from the Cambridge University Press (CUP) editorial board after the organization withheld a book from
