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...have no doubt that I could have stuck it out longer with Anke in Berlin. I chose not to. Perseverance had become my default stance, even when there was no motivation to persevere, even when my determination to make the best of a difficult situation paradoxically meant that I didn’t try to improve the situation. What I understood that July day in the Kreuzberg, a week before I finally packed my things and moved out, was that I needed to step back and think about why I was sticking it out. What I found was that there...
...others cared at all. I had to kick and scream to get my journalism school to make calls on Mohammed’s behalf. Was I asking the wrong questions, or did nobody really care? What I learned was that there was no safety net in place, no default call to arms that journalists around the world would heed and come to aid a brother. I’ve had to call governments, embassies, Congresspeople, all on my own, and I’m afraid I haven’t done a good enough job as far as Mohammed...
...made well after the application deadline seems arbitrary considering how long the housing situation has been stagnating. Although the College will reimburse the application fee, applicants cannot be compensated for the loss of time, energy, or additional fees associated with applying to college. Ultimately, this amounts to a default rejection of some students who might have been among Harvard’s best, undermining the many recent admissions initiatives aimed at attracting the strongest, most diverse, and most interesting classes possible. It discourages those who have made alternate educational decisions—such as attending community college or enrolling...
...comparable figure even in the notoriously indebted U.S. is only 5%. In January banks worldwide clamped down on loans in response to the global credit crunch, and investors began to worry that Icelandic banks had leveraged themselves too aggressively. Rumors swirled that the banks would default and that Iceland's central bank, with its modest $2.5 billion reserve, would be hard-pressed to bail them out. As investors pulled out of the market, the Icelandic krona fell by 27% against the U.S. dollar, the cost of insuring Icelandic debt soared to record levels, and inflation surged, hitting a 20-year...
...have health coverage despite their moral objections. In both of these cases, we as a community have decided that the availability of these procedures and services trumps the “principled” objections that some in the community may have. Abortion should be no different. In creating default coverage to include elective abortions, the University has implicitly acknowledged that abortion services are as fundamental to a complete healthcare plan as routine physicals, vaccinations, and dental services...