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...They know that they have a support network of information and the resources to run,” Adelman said. “We’re giving them a little push to run and just making sure that when they do enter the race, they’re entering on an equal playing field...
Awkward Harvard students, always eager to avoid actual social interaction, seem to love any technology that allows them to skirt face-to-face communication. The Facebook lets us eschew talking for poking, and now, a Somerville company has decided to jump on the bandwagon. Enter Wiffiti, LocaModa’s brainchild, a program made up of a series of digital billboards in public locations where people can post text messages for free, displaying their messages for all to see. The posts appear in random positions and different sizes on the board, reminiscent of writings on a bathroom wall. Harvardians itching...
...career? Lourdes Fernandez Miami Luscombe is right on target about who is to blame for malnourished fashion models: the designers. But the danger to women goes far beyond the fashion industry. As a psychologist, I am seeing an alarming increase in the parade of beautiful young women who enter my office hating their bodies and starving themselves to achieve an unattainable ideal. Any movement to stop this travesty should be lauded and supported. If Madrid outlaws the use of dangerously thin models in fashion work, perhaps that could begin to force those responsible to adapt. Minna Baker Narberth, Pennsylvania...
North Korean government announced its first successful test of a nuclear weapon. The international community has acted quickly to address the mounting security crisis; on Oct. 14, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution imposing sanctions aimed at keeping certain weapons, nuclear material, and luxury goods from entering North Korea. The Security Council resolution reveals an interesting offshoot of North Korea’s dangerous, antagonistic behavior: the cooperation of China. Due to its veto power, Chinese support was necessary for any Security Council resolution. And in this case, they provided it. China’s support...
...visage graces everything from walls to brochures to computer screens. When I attended the IOP’s freshman welcome event back in September 2003, we were shown a video of Kennedy’s famous 1963 commencement address at Vanderbilt, in which he eloquently urged students to enter politics.Although it is a carefully nonpartisan organization, the IOP’s existence rests on certain premises commonly associated with JFK and the youthful, optimistic attitude of his era: that public service is a noble calling; that government can and should be a force for positive social change; that young people...