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...only does the Institute propose to bridge the gap from basic to applied life science, it also proposes to address the complex social, ethical and religious questions that have arisen as stem cell research has advanced,” read the report obtained by The Crimson...
...George W. Bush signed No Child Left Behind in January 2002. The school, two 1950s-era brick buildings in this old Mississippi River town on the eastern edge of Iowa, had been on a lower-profile statewide watch list because of below-average scores on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. Then it was grandfathered onto the list of schools that failed under the new federal criteria. That public branding, along with the threat of new sanctions, layered on the anxiety. "When [Franklin] was listed in the Des Moines (Iowa) Register as a failed school, it became a slap...
...More students also ought to utilize the Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) class offered by HUPD. Divided up into four 4-hour weekly sessions, this class teaches students basic awareness, risk reduction, avoidance, basic physical defense and advanced self-defense methods. Though such programs would normally cost a hefty $250-400, RAD is offered to Harvard female undergraduates for free. Despite the obvious benefits of enrolling in a nationally acclaimed self-defense class, it is startling how few women have taken advantage of enrolling...
...transfers showed up for most events. He says most transfers feel overwhelmed at first, but the program attempts to give them the “tools and courage” to become fully integrated into the Harvard community. Often those “tools” are just basic information about the core, concentrations and other Harvard peculiarities. But there’s one golden rule the transfers learn: “play the transfer card.” In other words, use their newly-minted status to get out of awkward situations—and to generate conversation...
Zittrain, who says he focuses on the Internet’s cultural middlemen, is fond of predicting dystopias in which average citizens are made to pay for the most basic exchanges of information. Berkman Center Director William W. Fisher III, who is also the Hale and Dorr professor of intellectual property law, has proposed the most concrete alternative: a radical re-engineering which would institute a royalty-style compensation system for artists while keeping music free for consumers. Nesson, for his part, says he is uninterested in such “nirvana solutions,” but offers little...