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...willing to make the case that we have no serious obligations to others when making economic decisions. The fact that multinational corporations feel compelled to at least voice concern for the global implications of their business practices, and the fact that neo-liberal economists do their best to couch their policies in terms of “development” and “poverty reduction,” suggests that the human rights cause has solidly won the battle for public sentiment. Hence, it may seem somewhat pointless to ask whether we have an obligation to be ethical consumers...
...aren’t too good at the logistics of random hookups. One newly initiated member, Barry G. Dreg ’08, left his Friday night hookup without his shoes (an essential item according to Gossip Guy). Dreg was then spotted at 9 a.m. passed out on the couch in the Quincy lobby. To add to the public spectacle, he was rudely awoken by Quincy Resident Dean, Prudence J. Lapman, who asked for his Harvard ID to make sure he wasn’t “just some homeless guy”... ... Tommy’s Pizza miffed...
...IDLE HANDS For the 16-day Knitting Olympics, some 4,000 crafty couch potatoes have set a series of stitching goals they want to reach while watching the Games. Charitable projects include making clothes for U.S. pregnancy centers and for tots in Mongolia...
...have to be Freud to figure out that the $1 billion executive-coaching industry is an opportunity. So psychoanalysis is expanding off the couch and into the boardroom. It's a specialty that requires no special training--anyone can be a coach--yet fees reach $1,000 an hour. At the American Psychoanalytic Association's annual meeting last month, nervous newcomers quizzed established coaches on everything from confidentiality to marketing. "Much of it goes against our training, having to focus on group dynamics instead of the individual," says Kerry Sulkowicz, a psychiatrist. Another presenter, Kathleen Pogue White, says a constant...
...paycheck goes to child care for her son Hayden, 8 months old. She still lives in an apartment subsidized and furnished by Our Lady's Inn. Pointing to her spartan surroundings, she notes, "All the furniture in this apartment is theirs. All of it: the TV, the bed, the couch, the crib, the coffee table, dishes--everything I need...