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...through gardening. On the other side of the room, HoCo laid out a host of snacks, drinks, and cakes—all natural, of course—to enjoy during the movie. The event also included an Eco-Month Clothing Swap with a designated box from which anyone could add or take clothes that would then be donated to the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter. The last activity of the night was a “mug-rack painting,” where students contributed their personal design to a new mug-tree for the Lowell dining hall. The HoCo-sponsored...
...competitive advantage has been its armies of cheap workers, but that edge is getting dull. Labor costs have increased 50% in the past four years across southeastern provinces--an area of China sometimes called the "workshop of the world"--and a new labor law passed by Beijing will only add to the burden. Jonathan Anderson, an economist at UBS in Hong Kong, says factory owners in southern China believe the new law will drive labor costs an additional 10% to 25% higher. Among other provisions, the new law entitles laid-off workers to one month of severance pay for every...
...with routine pregnancies, like Chung, who make a pragmatic decision to keep their deliveries just as uneventful. Preliminary data suggest that such cases account for anywhere from 4% to 18% of the total number of caesareans. On the medical side, better anesthesia and antibiotics are making the procedure safer. Add to that the growing number of women delaying childbirth, those having twins or triplets as a result of in vitro fertilization and America's exploding obesity epidemic--all of which increase the risks of vaginal delivery. Doctors are also becoming better at picking up the slightest signs of distress...
...about the music. Today, Harvard boasts two jazz ensembles independent from the Marching Band but still under Everett’s control: the Sunday Jazz Band, for less experienced students, and the Monday Jazz Band, for more advanced musicians. AN OPPORTUNITY SUPREMEAs Everett’s group continued to add new members, he also started using his connections outside the University to encourage his students to understand jazz as a living art form. Over the years, Everett has brought such luminaries as Jerry Mulligan and Benny Carter to practice and perform with students. “This is Harvard University...
...long name indicates what a big deal it was to add American texts to the canon, which did not really occur until after WWII. It reflects a longstanding tension between the study of literature as something treated objectively (language) and its study as something subjective and inspired (Literature with a capital L). Since the creation of English departments in the late 19th century, “pedants” or “scholars” have shared duties with “dilettantes” or “critics”—often angrily. Questions...