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...drawn to the department by its relatively high salary.Catalano agreed, saying that in addition to the department’s other benefits, the officers “make good money.”‘NO MATTER WHAT...10 PERCENT ARE BAD’The department aims to dispel the belief that officers have a poor bedside manner, and many of the newcomers say they seek to rise above this.Jesse J. Snell of Blackstone, Mass., calls his new job a “noble profession.”“No matter what you’re doing...
...Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics’ Oak Ridge Observatory in Harvard, Mass. It is the first optical telescope dedicated specifically to the search for alien life. “About half [the people we talk to] think we’re looking for UFOs, and I try to dispel that notion,” says Andrew W. Howard, a graduate student working on the project. So they’re not searching for giant saucers in the sky or some Twilight Zone-style phenomena. Instead, they’re hoping to identify extraterrestrial communication, in the form of light...
...homeschoolers at Harvard banded together last year to form an official student organization, Homeschoolers Anonymous. The founder and president, Stephen T. Norberg ’06, says he created the club to help freshmen transition from homeschooled backgrounds to college. The club, which has 26 Facebook.com members, aims to dispel some of the misconceptions surrounding homeschooling, he says.Emphasizing that the club’s title has no connection with self-help groups like Alcoholics Anonymous, the Kansas City, Mo., native says he picked the name to make fun of the stereotype that all homeschoolers lack social skills and need support...
...that govern the rest of humanity. But for a country that will soon face rapidly intensifying political, economic, and military challenges, encouraging trips that are essentially extended vacations might not be the best strategy. Brooks is right to suggest that American students do more to broaden their horizons and dispel the “provincialism” that too often seems to characterize them. By all means. Let young Americans spend more time in other countries. Let them travel, and let them learn foreign languages by the dozen. But if one is serious about maintaining America’s position...
During two meetings last Wednesday—one with the Faculty Council and one with department chairs—the incoming interim president sought, with apparent success, to dispel the Faculty’s angst about the dean search...