Mon, Feb 12, 2007, 12:00am
Harvard University named Drew Gilpin Faust as its first female and 28th president yesterday afternoon, ending a year-long search.
Mon, Feb 12, 2007, 12:00am
Newspapers are constantly bombarded with letters complaining that the news coverage is biased, or criticizing the paper for allying itself with a particular columnist or opinion while missing other stories all together.
Mon, Feb 12, 2007, 12:00am
If we can have a psychological term for the man who won't commit or the kid who cries over spilled milk, then surely we can diagnose a disorder for Americans' attitude toward powerful women: the Hillary Complex. The senator isn't just a person anymore; she's an idea and sometimes a metaphor.
Mon, Feb 12, 2007, 12:00am
Growing up in the '90s, it's almost guaranteed that you have been offered to wear a red AIDS ribbon, a yellow Livestrong bracelet, or a pink breast cancer pin at some point in your life.
Mon, Feb 12, 2007, 12:00am
The Lions have rarely been successful in big-name sports; however, the current men's basketball season has put this stereotype to shame. Although the team hasn't won every game, it has improved steadily over the course of the season.
Mon, Feb 12, 2007, 12:00am
John Sexton is a smart man. He's the president of NYU, magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law, and Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. So when he was a guest on The Colbert Report last December, why didn't he get the joke?
Mon, Feb 12, 2007, 12:00am
The Military is a Race-Blind,
Class-Blind Institution
Mon, Feb 12, 2007, 12:00am
Anybody who has stepped foot on campus this year has heard that the University is in the midst of a tremendous fundraising drive.
Mon, Feb 12, 2007, 12:00am
Eighty years after its inception, how far has Black History Month advanced? The response depends on whom you ask. For some, Black History Month has made great strides since its establishment under Negro History Week, and for others it still lags behind in the shadows.
Mon, Feb 12, 2007, 12:00am
Sunday's confirmation of Drew Gilpin Faust as the 28th president of Harvard University comes as a welcome development. Faust, a Civil War scholar and current dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, will become the first woman to occupy what is widely considered the top job in U.S.
