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...have built an award-winning robot—but these kids can.Through Citizen Schools, a Boston-based non-profit enrichment program, middle school students have the chance to participate in interactive apprenticeships that immerse them in a variety of professional and academic fields.Founded over a decade ago by Eric Schwarz and Ned Rimer, alumni of the Graduate School of Education (GSE), the program currently mobilizes teams of volunteers from at least three of Harvard’s graduate schools to conduct academic apprenticeships.Local professionals and community leaders also team up with the young students to work on projects ranging from...
...wind of the podcast for the class out of Wired. I must tell you that it is terrific....I own three Macs and use my computers all the time but I never quite understood a lot of the basics.’” Student Eric Goodwin listens to lecture podcasts during his commute on the T. “I think it’s amazing. [The podcast] is one of the only open sources of high-end education, provided you have the right technology,” Goodwin said. “It?...
...Undergraduate Council last night called on all Harvard affiliates, including Harvard Student Agencies (HSA), to “sever ties” with the national storage service company Collegeboxes. Kirkland House resident Eric P. Lesser ’07 and his roommates first proposed the resolution last week after they alleged that it took longer to receive an insurance claim check from Collegeboxes than the 30-day period specified on the company’s Web site. They solicited 22 complaints from students with similar experiences, including claims that the company—which operates through a contract with HSA?...
...given that Kirkland’s renovations necessitated the use of an outside storage service. But since Harvard hired Harvard Student Agencies (HSA), which then subcontracted Collegeboxes, to provide summer storage for students, it bears some responsibility to advocate for fair and speedy remuneration on students’ behalf. Eric P. Lesser ’07 and Paul B. Davis ’07 are leading an unofficial campaign to help students recover their belongings (or at least receive a reimbursement check or two). While the pair has done an admirable job pressuring Collegeboxes—to the point that...
...course, uniformed military leaders have been suggesting more troops were needed ever since the war began. But they've been saying it privately--in an abdication of military responsibility--for fear that they would suffer the same fate as that of General Eric Shinseki, who told a congressional committee that "several hundred thousand" troops would be needed in Iraq and was, in effect, fired by Rumsfeld. "We had a responsibility to speak up," said a general who served in Iraq. "You can say what you will about Paul Wolfowitz, but when he was DepSec, he was always on the phone...