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...come with the big things. Did you give up a lucrative job to help starving kids in Haiti? Did you take a stand against your government? Did you die in the line of duty? But the crucial tests come more often—in fact, they come everyday. Those common courtesies—which today are not so common—are tests of whether you respect all mankind. And you can see the angst that the lack of them has caused on campus. Young people today have lots of “contacts,” but few friends...
...It’s common knowledge that men’s sports have been around longer than women’s sports, and in general, more people watch men’s sports compared to women’s. Not only are men’s teams attracting more fans, but they are also acquiring more money. Today, the average major league baseball player makes $3 million each year. A professional softball player is lucky to make $5,000 for a summer’s worth of work. Obviously, the markets for each sport are drastically different, but the better...
...better able to respond in a 21st century manner to regulatory infractions, while addressing and changing outdated rules that hurt America’s competitiveness. Today’s regulatory regime must be replaced. It is ineffective in policing the market and holding people accountable. It must institute common-sense rules, conscious of a rapidly changing landscape that would put America, and our financial marketplace, back in a competitive position within the global markets...
...rally quickly dissolved into chaos as student organizers lost control of non-Harvard protestors who joined the demonstration. The sound of shattering glass reverberated through the courtyard, panicking the crowds gathered there. According to an article written at the time, students blockaded Hoppenstein in the Lowell House Common Room for several hours to give him “the experience of thousands of Black and white South Africans jailed in hell-hole prisons...
Moreover, according to some student leaders, these restrictions push social events out of common spaces and into dorm rooms, a move that could place students at a higher risk...