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Thursday, September 10, 2009
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The Ten Types Of Harvard Wannabes

4:06AM Hamilton Nolan | William Fitzsimmons, Harvard’s dean of admissions, is taking questions on the New York Times‘ website. So far, 788 queries have been submitted. What do these questions tell us about American higher education? That it can make you crazy, times ten. More »
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009
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Holocaust Denial Finds Place At Harvard Paper

1:00PM Andrew Belonsky | Harvard. It’s revered as one of the world’s most prestigious institutions of higher learning. Why, then, did the university’s newspaper, The Harvard Crimson, run a holocaust denier’s advert after rejecting it over a decade ago? More »
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Emma Watson Spotted Touring Harvard’s Most Potteresque Facilities

8:20AM STV | A week after suspicion arose that Emma Watson is plotting a European jailbreak for four years of college in the States, the Harry Potter co-star was spotted touring Harvard on Wednesday. True to its celeb news mission, the Harvard Crimson today passed along all the specifics about young Hermione’s Cambridge sojourn, right down to the architectural flourishes that generations of university officials had been preparing for her visit since 1874: More »
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