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With flowers blooming and greenery growing, the HLS campus has once again become an idyllic oasis in the Cantabrigian urban landscape. See the photos for examples of the natural beauty which has emerged from hibernation.
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This past February, President Drew Gilpin Faust told Harvard: "We are a community of distinguished scholars, talented students, and dedicated staff-teachers and learners defined by our ideas and discoveries, not by our financial resources." That same month, Harvard announced its first cuts to cleaning and custodial staff at Harvard Medical School, and budget cuts resulting in custodial staff layoffs at Harvard Real Estate Properties and Peabody Terrace.
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On April 15, 2009, thousands of Americans participated in "Tea Party" rallies that decried expansive government programs and called for government at all levels to shed waste and lower the tax burden on average Americans. The demonstrations have been debated throughout the blogosphere, but the debate has mainly focused on whether the tea parties were a concoction of the right wing, designed to garner media attention, or were legitimate grassroots uprisings.
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The Berkman Center for Internet and Society set the stage Tuesday for a demonstration of what may one day be the world's most powerful and most used search engines, far surpassing the current capacities of Google: Stephen Wolfram previewed his latest project, Wolfram|Alpha.
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What was it about Dean Kagan that made her such a lovable administrator? Was it her chutspa? Was it her sarcastic humor? Was it her sweet tooth? There are many reasons we will miss our departed dean, and her tenure will be remembered in HLS history as a period of rejuvenation.
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In addition to being an educational institution, Harvard Law School is a community. Throughout its history, the Harvard network has been renowned for its breadth and depth as well as its ability to open doors and create opportunities for its members. As the publisher of the Harvard Law Record, I have taken great satisfaction this year in being an active participant in the HLS community and opening a window into our experience for the outside world.
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Re:?"Nur Munir,"?Breaking News: I met Nur Munir through my Indonesian landlord and we sae each other frequently during my stay. I remember the initial surprise I had when I learned that we shared intersts in Islamic studies. The perspective he adds to the field due to the combination of his native culture and studies in Egypt is noteworthy.
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Harvard Law School was founded with money amassed through slavery. This is a fact that HLS does not try to hide. But it is a truth that is not exactly advertised either. If you visit the "Our History" page of the law school's website, you get a somewhat-whitewashed version of the school's heritage.
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"Do you believe... That mountains move at the request of an honest heart? That all the thoughts of your lifetime surely cannot cease to exist when your body alone has withered? That all of the thoughts of your lifetime have not gone unheard?" -John Ryan Pike (1983-2007) My friend, John, never got to write his autobiography.
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It's Sunday evening, April 19, 2009. 26,331 people (among them seven members of the HLS Running Club: Colleen Harrison, Andrea Murray, Amy Sennett, Andrew Klaber, Phumlani Ngcongo, Patrick Tierney and me) have spent most of their Sunday afternoon walking around nervously, drinking gallons of water and checking every ten minutes the running gear neatly laid out on their kitchen table.
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Yo HLS: Come on, peeps, I need some questions! My inbox was spamalicious this week, and I'm eager to give some real advice. I know some of you have some life questions after that Tacky Prom. We really achieved the height of tackiness that night! Can't wait for next year... Adalbert Knopf to me Want your meat tool to cheat gravitation and get up for hours? It is easy with our help! Greetings Adalbert, I don't personally need this right now, but I'm going to pass this valuable info to all of HLS.
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On April 25th, the day before his 100th birthday, Arthur Giddon '35 was the honorary batboy for the Red Sox, in recognition of a lifetime of devotion to Boston sports. In 1922 and 1923, Giddon was the batboy for the Boston Braves, the old National League franchise.