Archive for December, 2008
Art at Harvard
Harvard would like to add more art to their liberal arts, which at the moment, I must confess, are very liberal indeed. The art is enthusiastic, a broad mix of classical and popular with perhaps a little too much popular. It doesn’t have the setting or even the selectness that it ought, at a university of [...]
They Earned Those Letter Jackets
There are some members of the Extension School who deserve special mention. I’ve met them. I won’t use their names, but they give me heart when I feel my resolve crumbling, my sleepiness creeping in. When I realise that a paper is due and I have to go to a meeting instead of sitting over [...]
By day, a mild-mannered citizen…
By night, I’m a Harvard student.
Oh, by all means, go ahead. No, it’s all right; I’ll wait. I might even giggle. Get it out of your system. Seriously, it’s okay. We’ve got all day. I’ve heard it all before… How the Extension school is not the same as Harvard College. (Well, you’re right, it isn’t.) [...]