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...moment, we're still pretty competitive," Anson Chan, a senior official in both the British and post-'97 administrations, told TIME. "But it's not something we can take for granted. People don't realize that our competitive edge comes from the rights and freedoms we enjoy." In that context, Hong Kong's political status is a problem. The territory is stuck in a halfway house of confusing, semi-democratic electoral procedures that do not do justice to its well-educated and sophisticated citizenry. While Hong Kong's sense of economic confidence today is palpable, many residents also believe...
...Libros, un modelo para armar.” The project, a partnership between Sarita Cartonera and the Museo de Arte de San Marcos in Lima, involved seminars meant to educate high school teachers on how to present literature as a personally relevant art form. In the context of this project, the cardboard covers took on a new purpose: to eliminate student apprehension about reading by presenting books as a simple object and an essential part of life. While the covers are still artistically decorated reused pieces of cardboard, the project goes a step further in asking students to reinvent...
...says. “The margin of uncertainty about any of these problems is great enough that we could be very badly surprised.” The fact that our lens into the future is cloudy provides an impetus to teach these ideas in a cautionary context...
...This first objection—that final clubs are sexist—is not grounded in the context of the year 2007. Certainly members of male final clubs are not actively opposing the establishment of female counterparts—in fact, many of them enable female social organizations, providing space for event use. Sexism that existed in final clubs, and at Harvard, for that matter, is mostly a thing of the past. At this point, the onus lies upon the shoulders of Harvard women to fix the perceived lack of female space...
...while a serious exploration of the myriad opportunities for women in our social context is imperative, we must also remember that we need not be bound by any choices we make in college. There is no shame in not having a plan, in not continually building our resume, or in not beginning down the road envisioned for us by our parents. Fear of the unknown should excite us, not frighten us. Just as the young men around us often remain uncertain about their plans for a family or career, we women must remain free to engage with the idea that...