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William F. Guzick ’11, who interned at a consulting company through HCSIP, echoes the experience of riding a constant learning curve in an unfamiliar country—even in the more mundane encounters...
However, Aftab says he believes that a degree from Harvard makes it possible for students to find jobs in their home countries, even if they study something more obscure...
...United States Postal Service recently announced its plan to cut Saturday mail delivery in the face of growing deficits and decreasing mail volume. The cuts have widespread public support from 71 percent of Americans, including majorities of both political parties, even though the projected job losses are undesirable for a country just exiting a major recession. Simultaneously, the reiteration of the USPS’s financial woes has prompted some calls for the agency to fully privatize. We support the Saturday service cuts as an unpleasant but necessary money-saving measure; however, we reject any calls for the Postal Service...
Furthermore, the USPS has offices in small towns throughout the country, which serve as entrances of disparate government services into more isolated regions. It is impractical to assume that private delivery services such as FedEx and UPS would establish offices everywhere that the USPS currently serves. Even if they did, such offices would be mere retail outlets; they would not contribute to national unity the way USPS offices currently do. Finally, privatization and the likely concomitant rise in prices and fall in locations would hurt those who are already disadvantaged the most, such as people without phone or Internet services...
...Even popular philosophy books—not textbooks—fall on the cheap side. A philosophy book with a retail price of $200 may sell for $50, and very few books will sell over that price, according to Petrovato...