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A global conflict research non-profit organization is planning to create a joint Southeast Asian Peace lab with Paramadina University in Indonesia with the aid of the Harvard School of Public Health, according to officials at the universities. The Peace Lab—sponsored by the International Association for Humanitarian...

Author: By Elias J. Groll, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Helps New Peace Lab | 10/15/2008 | See Source »

Now I suddenly remembered that all those bodies I maneuvered past had feet, and all the female feet wore nail polish. No woman I saw in Mumbai was so poor that there wasn’t some disintegrating color on her toes, some trace of shimmer. Personal grooming, which had...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Marx and the Mani-Pedi | 10/15/2008 | See Source »

Reaching across his desk, Simons points to a small model of the buffoonish cartoon character Homer Simpson. “Homer’s there just to remind me to keep it real,” he says.

Author: By Christian B. Flow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mind Games | 10/15/2008 | See Source »

Harvard students are known for their habitual lateness, inspired by the “seven-minute rule” for classes, but attendees of the College’s first free movie night last Thursday weren’t following Harvard-time. Nearly 495 students filled the Brattle Theatre long...

Author: By Catherine J. Zielinski, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist” Infinitely Entertaining | 10/15/2008 | See Source »

Meeting Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill said, was like opening your first bottle of champagne. "Knowing him was like drinking it." Temperament is a special subcommittee of character: it is less intellect than instinct, more about music than lyrics - the quality voters sense when they watch a candidate improvise or when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Temperament Factor: Who's Best Suited to the Job? | 10/15/2008 | See Source »

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