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HIFT calls attention to the global crisis in the coffee market, where overproduction has driven prices down 70 percent in the last five years. “Fair Trade” agreements pay an above-market rate to coffee farmers to counter the costs of production...
Through the various permutations of articles, editing and late-night insanity, The Crimson became a cornerstone of my college experience. At Harvard, we are driven to pursue nothing less than greatness. Under pressure to succeed, we find ourselves immersed in activities and classes that range from flighty to meaningful, and the degree of satisfaction we derive from our work is almost secondary to beefing up a résum?...
Brooks’ arguments make sense, and his general observations do square with my experience of the last four years. Harvard is full of incredibly talented, driven individuals. We do play by the rules of the game, and we are winning. And the goal of “winning” (however that is defined) is often a prime motivation. To cite the occasional exceptions to these trends—the counterculture rebel, the pure genius or the unquestionable saint—doesn’t undercut Brooks’ stereotype, which only seeks to describe the average student...
...mold on occasion doesn’t diminish the concerns outlined in the New York Times article and doesn’t begin to address Brooks’ criticism about character building and moral discourse. But I do think this flexibility to be something other than purely goal-driven success machines is one that will serve us well in the future...
...wonderful thing about Harvard is that it takes driven and talented people and forces them to discover what really matters to them. Though many of us balanced six extracurriculars and stellar grade-point averages in high school, at Harvard we learned that there wasn’t time for everything. We had to prioritize. And in so doing, we learned invaluable lessons about ourselves. What we Harvard undergraduates do at 5 a.m. tells us more about ourselves than our college applications ever...