Word: bananas
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...farmers subsidized. That (and current subsides for conventional farmers) is the subject of another discussion. Rather, people, beginning with students at Harvard, should reconsider the hidden economic consequences of their dinner choices. Maybe then, even the prospective investment banker and economics concentrator can become a fan of the organic banana...
Local farmers joined their counterparts from Africa and South America to advocate for fair trade last night at Emerson Hall. Students sampled the farmers’ fair-trade products, including apples, lettuce, and chocolate-covered bananas, at the event, which was sponsored by five student groups, including the Student Labor Action Movement and Oke USA, a cooperative farmers organization. After a lobbying campaign from the Harvard Fair Trade Initiative (HFTI), Harvard University Dining Services switched to fair trade coffee in 2002. Fair trade advocacy has gained presence in colleges in recent years. The United Students for Fair Trade, a national...
...Breathless,” and Truffaut’s classic “The 400 Blows.” We hear the class is relatively painless, though it is taught in French. Parlez-vous anglais? Non! A new offering, FC 85, “Japan Pop: From Basho to Banana,” teaches anime and manga, alongside other eclectic elements of Japanese popular culture. FC 72, “Russian Culture from Revolution to Perestroika,” taught by well-liked professor Svetlana Boym, offers Revolution-era avant-garde art, socialist realist works (including Eisenstein and the cinematic...
...coveted spots. But fear not, young Skywalker. Most of the others don’t solicit enough interest to fill their 12-person caps, and with courses ranging from “Beethoven’s String Quartets” to “A Cultural History of the Banana,” you’ll have no problem finding the perfect class to make all your academic dreams come true. At this point, you must be wondering—so what is this freshman seminar business all about anyway? The answer, it turns out, can vary depending...
...once Esprit staples. Instead, the selection is more mature--khaki pants, jeans, striped shirts and white blouses. Although Esprit still sells basics, its designers add some clever flourishes to give the styles more panache. The company is positioning itself to sell clothing at prices 10% to 15% lower than Banana Republic's. Krogner calls Esprit clothing "for good girls. Not the one with a ring in her nose or showing her belly...