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Middle school students fall between the ages of 12 and 15, an age where peer pressure can cause students to do things they later regret. While it has not been shown that easy access to birth control increases sexual activity among students, it certainly doesn’t deter them or require them to carefully consider their options. Instead of dispensing these pills, the school should focus on a comprehensive sexual education curriculum that informs the students of the risks involved with sexual activity as well as the side effects of birth control. If a school district decides that...
Some profess that the best things in life are free. But what if you have to search through a dumpster to find them? That doesn’t deter a handful of Harvard students. When the Bow Street Dunkin’ Donuts closes every night, the shelves are cleared and dozens of perfectly good pastries end up in bulging trash bags down a nearby alley. Juliana Fauza, manager of the store, says, “We have to throw everything away because of health issues. We cannot donate or give to anybody because of the expiration date the food...
Though the program met with opposition from civil rights advocates, it was reinstated in October 2006 by then-Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney in an attempt to deter terrorist acts...
...Hell’s Kitchen’?” asks Pavloff, referring to the reality TV show in which contestants try to impress the profane Chef Ramsay with their culinary prowess. According to Pavloff, Ramsay is not an anomaly. But Ramsays and their ilk did not deter Paur from making the most of her apprenticeship. In fact, she found that cooking gave her a boost in confidence. “I realized that I could actually make money by being a pastry chef,” she says. If Pavloff, Chang, and Paur are any indication, perhaps more Harvard...
...secondary field to game the system, using their status to get preference in a lottery and then dropping the secondary field after enrolling in the course. This is a valid concern, but one that will hopefully occur infrequently. The complicated process of filing for a secondary field should deter students from declaring a secondary field in which they are not actually interested...