A Dash of Insanity
The People
I think the past four years of this column has mostly been a reaction to this goddamn sentence.
You’re Not Special No. 2
It’s a page that contains links to the official websites of each graduating class at Harvard, since 1955. Immediately upon loading the page, you can tell that you’re in for a treat. On the left-hand-side, there is a sidebar entitled “From the Dean.” It features an oddly cropped picture of an awkwardly smiling Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael Smith, accompanied by the following quote: “To kindle understanding, to untangle knots, to inspire spirits, and to excite minds—this is the power and the passion of teaching.”
Why the Facebook Argument Is the Best Thing to Happen at Harvard since Facebook
It started out pretty simple. A friend of mine—a nice enough guy in high school—posted a picture of the Confederate flag on his timeline. I commented on his post. And then we came to the classic standoff: the liberty-centered conservative commenting on “un-American” identity politics and limits to freedom of speech vs. the “edgy white liberal” challenger.
Our Immoral Amoral Harvard Education
Having actually done a finance internship, my friend had more optimistic and more informed perspective:
