Wealthy, Erotic, and Dangerous: The Orientalists at Harvard by MICHEAL KIELSTRA I’m currently in a class on the history of the modern Middle East, and one of the first things we covered was Orientalism. This is the way in which Western cultures and historians portrayed the Middle Eastern region as Not Like […]
Research Computing at Harvard by MICHEAL KIELSTRA Going by his hair and stubble, Scott Yockel could be the lead singer in an indie rock band. His bookshelf, on which titles like Modern Quantum Chemistry jostle for space with model planes, a mounted autographed baseball, and photos of his family, would place him instead […]
By Michael Kielstra In a country with universities famous for endless debate and controversy, one group stands out. They hear students refer to them every day by a name unliked, and yet they pursue politeness and community integration with a passion. The group referred to, unsurprisingly, is the Harvard University Police Department. It is […]
Burn the Red Team! As cybersecurity grows in importance in the modern era, Michael examines how seriously (or not) the subject should be taken for college students. By MICHAEL KIELSTRA When I started learning how to hack computers, I was very quickly taught one thing: as Uncle Ben never stops saying, great power and […]
Dear Sir or Madam, I have just finished your most recent book, and found it to be just the thing for me. The text was clear, the examples were useful, and it was required reading for my course, so there was that as well. There was just one problem. Do you see what […]