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The Gates Case Isn't About Racenew
The weeks-long hubbub over the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis "Skip" Gates Jr. by the Cambridge Police Department has centered on race, understandably. But the racial façade of the story has obscured two other bottom-line truths that should govern the "Gates-gate" conversation.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
08-06-2009 |
Civil Liberties
'Harvard Beats Yale 29-29': For a Moment, Football Was the Worldnew
Forty years later, players remember the Harvard-Yale game of 1968 in the context of a nation in turmoil.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
02-23-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: football, College, history, documentary, 1960s, Harvard, Harvard Beats Yale 29-29, Kevin Rafferty, Yale
Political Humor is No Longer Welcome in Academianew
For close to two decades, academia has been in the grips of a political-correctness fury that has strangled the sense of humor that was once the campus's best-known calling card. So if you're wondering why Barack Obama had such a surprisingly negative reaction to that New Yorker cover, consider the Harvard Factor.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
07-31-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Will Psychedelic Drug Research Return to Harvard?new

Harvard has shied away from psychedelic drug research since they expunged Tim Leary and Baba Ram Dass for LSD abuse back in 1963. Now Dr. John Halpern is making his bid to bring hallucinogens back to campus.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Berbergal |
05-29-2008 |
Drugs
Changing the Environmental Landscape, One Building at a Timenew
Designed to conserve water and energy, "green buildings" are constructing a cleaner world.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
08-11-2005 |
Environment
Tags: in, energy, technology, environmental, and, green, for, Campus, Massachusetts, design, artists, Collaborative’s, Harvard, Humanity, Initiative, leadership, Renewable, trust
M.I.T. Didn't Share Harvard President's Attitude About Womennew
Being a great scientist or engineer has little to do with superficial human designations, like whether you're male or female, black or white, robot or nonrobot.
The Village Voice |
Geeta Dayal |
02-10-2005 |
Commentary
H Bomb Teaches Harvard Students Not to Take Sex Too Seriouslynew
H Bomb -- a porn magazine published by Harvard students -- debuts.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
08-07-2004 |
Media