Refocusing on Education
by The Editors on October 1, 2008 in Features
Education policy has been all but invisible this campaign season, as Iraq, the economy, and the purported tenacity of hockey moms have collectively relegated it to a footnote. The Citizen offers a look at some of the crucial issues facing education today, and where the candidates fall on these issues.
Refocusing on Education: A look at the education platforms of Obama and McCain.
Education Matters: Prof. James Kim talks about what’s needed in federal education policy.
News in Brief
by The Editors on October 1, 2008 in HKS News
MPP student tapped to serve on Obama’s campaign
Noerena Limon (MPP ’09) has joined the presidential campaign of Barack Obama as the deputy communications director of Hispanic media. The California native and Berkeley alumna will take a semester off from HKS to campaign for Obama from his Chicago headquarters. Limon served as the associate director of finance and budgeting for the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colo. and was an active member of HKS for Obama. Read more
Citizen Conversation With… Nicholas Burns
by The Editors on October 1, 2008 in Citizen Conversation with...
Ambassador Nicholas Burns joined the Kennedy School this semester after a life-long career in the U.S. Department of State. A native of Massachusetts, he has served as U.S. Ambassador to NATO and Greece, spokesperson for the Department of State, director of Soviet affairs for President George H.W. Bush, and special assistant to President Bill Clinton. Read more
September 17 Issue
by The Editors on September 17, 2008 in Print Edition
Why Public Service Matters
by The Editors on September 17, 2008 in Features
Incoming HKS students share with us why, in their view, public service matters.
- Sophia Pappas: A Life-Long Duty
- Michael Sechrist: The Little Things
- Mallika Sarkaria: A Voice for the Silent
- Bill Daly: Jumping Right In
- Omar Yanar: Aspiring to Inspire
- Wivina Belmonte: Blessed Frustration
Live from Beirut
by The Editors on June 27, 2008 in Features
Sharad Venkat blogs about his experience living and working in Lebanon this summer. (Photo Credit: Sharad Venkat)
1948 in Focus
by The Editors on April 30, 2008 in Features
On the sixtieth anniversary of the creation of the State of Israel, two Kennedy School students - one Israeli, one Palestinian-American - reflect on what the date means to them.
Letters: An Online Forum/HKS Talent Show
by The Editors on April 29, 2008 in Opinion
Dear Sir:
For two years I have told friends from home that HKS is a place that guards the free exchanges of ideas, thoughts and speech from the ivory tower’s battlements. Last week that changed. An institution that defends speech turned its back on speech and its own students, condemning things said at the HKS talent show. I hang my head. Read more
Letters: A Waste of Space
by The Editors on April 29, 2008 in Opinion
Dear Sir:
I write to share my frustration with the excessively early time at which the Forum is broken down and reconfigured in the afternoon. On a recent day, I was forced to wolf down my pizza as my table and chair were whisked away at 2:30 p.m. for a forum event with Elizabeth Edwards at 6:00 p.m.
Hours before events, we are unceremoniously and needlessly booted from nearly every corner of Littauer. Almost every inch of HKS’s main building is made inhospitable for studying, eating or gabbing. This is especially distressing to students who have classes from 11:30 to 2:30 and arrive in the Forum for a late lunch, or those who need a work space at the very time of day when the library is most full.
I write to you now from that library, where I sit elbow-to-elbow with a friend who has been similarly displaced by the forces of manic organization. Read more
Online Forum: HKS Talent Show
by The Editors on April 22, 2008 in Features
On Sunday, April 20, several Kennedy School students performed a satirical skit called the “Leveraged News Hour” at the annual HKS talent show. Earlier today, the HKS Korea Caucus (with the support of several groups) sent an email to the school saying the performance “crossed the line of being funny to being cultural[ly] insensitive and disrespectful.” In a subsequent email, actors in the skit apologized, and the exchange prompted a discussion over school email reflecting the need for further dialogue.
In response, the Citizen has set up an online forum for students to discuss their views on the issue. This is not intended to be the only site of discussion; it is just one platform among many. Read more
