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Before they arrive for the whirlwind of Freshman Week, starry-eyed first-years are mailed the blandly-titled booklet “Conversations with Faculty and Staff: Readings for Freshman,” that includes essays by Emerson, Ellison, and Jane Adams. Harvard thus seems to be the ivy-clad place where students are not simply educated, but are taught to view the ethical implications and obligations of their education. You know, the weighty stuff.Upon arriving, freshmen are treated to a brief lecture and hour-long discussion on the essays, which are then quickly tossed aside in favor of more...
...effective. The Planned Parenthood affiliate in St. Louis performed about the same number of abortions (approximately 6,300) in 2004 as in 2003. But in the same time period, the number of morning-after kits they dispensed--containing a pregnancy test, four birth-control pills and a booklet advising the user not to take the pills if already pregnant--jumped, to 8,000 from...
...publication of the first “Shoestring Strategies for Life at Harvard,” a 30-page, pocket-sized “guide for students on a budget” that features tips on saving money on everything from dorm furniture to summer internships. The booklet was conceived and written by students, according to Oakes, who was also chief editor...
...Core courses] will be developed but there is nothing that forces that to happen,” Menand said.TAKING STUDENTS SERIOUSLYWhile the report stresses the importance of student choice and freedom, student involvement in the Committee’s recommendations has depended largely on undergraduate representatives to the Committee.The booklet of “Student Essays On the Purpose and Structure of a Harvard Education,” conceived of as a way for students to comment on the purposes of general education, was presented at the September full Faculty meeting. The booklet, which Yagan helped to edit, was finished...
...reached Europe." Bush's Homeland Security Council now includes a Special Assistant to the President for Biological Defense Policy. That official, Rajeev Venkayya, held a briefing for reporters on "Safeguarding America Against Pandemic Influenza." In conjunction with Bush's speech, the White House published a red, white and blue booklet, "National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza," which is available at pandemicflu.gov, a new Website of the Department of Health and Human Services. Bush's budget request includes $2.8 billion to accelerate development of cell-culture technology; $1.519 billion for the Pentagon and Department of Health and Human Services to purchase...