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...just above the warmest in the past million years. The changes at that level are substantial but something we can probably adapt to. In order to limit change to that level we need to get on a track that I call the alternative scenario, which requires that we begin to slow emissions this decade and substantially reduce them before mid- century. If we stay on a business-as-usual path for another decade, the alternative scenario becomes impractical if not impossible...
...TIME: If atmospheric carbon is currently at 380 parts per million, how long do you think it take before aggressive action would begin to bring it down...
Under the present system, Houses are expected to begin integrating new members in the middle of spring midterms, after seven months of community-starved first-years’ attaching themselves to their entryways and extracurricular activities in a frantic search for a niche at often-impersonal, always-intimidating Harvard. It is simply unreasonable to expect freshmen, who in many cases feel satisfied with their Harvard experiences come March, to buy into the community of a randomly assigned House. This problem is exacerbated by the presence of blocking groups; since freshmen usually block with friends from one of their improvised first...
...existing House infrastructure to good use, the College must begin assigning incoming freshmen to Houses before they arrive at Harvard. Presently, at the start of their first year, freshmen are welcomed to their entryways by proctors and prefects. As soon as the year gets underway, however, freshmen must choose whether or not they will invest themselves in the ready-made communities in their entryways, or instead spend their time with friends from classes and extracurricular activities. Because the entryway unit has a predetermined lifespan of exactly one academic year, there is very little incentive for a student to take time...
...event were the Freshman Dean’s Office, the First-Year Social Committee, and Campus Life Fellow Justin H. Haan ’05.Dean of Freshmen Thomas Dingman said the event helped to solidify a sense of community among the freshmen since “loyalties begin to get divided” once they receive their housing assignments this morning.These loyalties will be on display in Annenberg today, as House residents, with t-shirts, music, and chants, jostle with each other to welcome newly inducted freshmen into their ranks.Freshmen will also be invited to events—such...