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KRUPNICK  \nHow changes in college sports affect the Crimson—and the Ancient Eight  \n36 Vita: Thomas Wentworth Higginson | by JOHN R. NELSON Brief life of an activist for freedom: 1823-1911  \nD E P A R T M E N T S  \n2 Cambridge 02138 | Letters from our readers, and an academic agenda for a new, time-limited administration  \n8 Right Now | How the mind makes meaning, athletes’ career advantages, anticipating viral evolution and vaccine design  \n12A Harvard2 | Autumn events, the Boston Camerata, climate-crisis choreography, local holiday gifting, Newport mansions decked out  \n13 John Harvard’s Journal | The semester starts serenely, student-centric event organizer, Harvard’s horse course, changing enrollment after affirmative action and other University news, the football season begins  \n44 Montage | Artistic “cartography,” twentieth-century fiction, Antietam revisited, the history of eating, operatic expression, publishing a magnificent American architectural archive  \n53 University People | South Korea’s provocative politician, adapting  \nGilbert and Sullivan, Alumni Association awards for service to Harvard and the Houses, donors’ effect on the undergraduate experience  \n60 The College Pump | At convocation, linking Harvard traditionsold and new  \n72 Treasure | Silk sports portraits  \n61 Crimson Classifieds  \np. 13  \np. 27  \np. 8  \nOn the cover: Illustration by Gary Neill  \nFROM TOP: FRANK ZHOU/THE HARVARD CRIMSON; JIM HARRISON; STEPHANIE COWAN [DALTON](DALTON www. harvard magazine . com)[ www. harvard magazine . com](DALTON www. harvard magazine . com)  \nAll content ©2024 Harvard Magazine. For more content and contact information [visit www.harvardmagazine.com](visit www.harvardmagazine.com)  \nL E T T E R S  \nCambridge 02138  \nReading, on sociability, mapping the brain  \nACADEMIC FREEDOM  \nI WAs appalled by Lincoln Caplan’s report (“Academic Freedom and Free Speech,” September-October, page 32). Robert Post’stheories are reactionary and simply wrong in their characterization of the activity of research and learning on a university campus.  \nWe read: “Because of the standards that guide each academic discipline, tenured scholars have the authority to veto the ideas and speech ofuntenured scholars and students if they don’t meet those standards.”This authoritarian vision of academic work does not reflect actual practice—and it’s a good thing, too, because if it did we would never make real progress in research. The new generation carries a subject forward, beyond the ken of “tenured scholars”with“authority.” The hierarchical model Post  \nposits is the old Soviet model of academia. This purports to be an article about free speech and academic freedom. In Caplan’swords, Post asserts: “On campus, there is freedom to discover, develop, and dist","cbCaimga0n7emBZh","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimga0n7emBZh","pdf",11578320,86,"English","# Features\n## Home Unaffordable Home\n## When Technology and Society Clash\n## The End of the Ivy League?\n## Vita: Thomas Wentworth Higginson\n# Departments\n## Cambridge 02138\n## Right Now\n## Harvard2\n## John Harvard’s Journal\n## Montage\n## University People\n## The College Pump\n## Treasure\n# Letters","[{\"question\":\"What major themes does this issue of Harvard Magazine cover?\",\"answer\":\"The issue focuses on technocracy and the relationship between technology and society, housing affordability, and changes in college sports. 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