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...necessary momentum and funds to convert more public spaces in the future. “The more you can get people to appreciate the importance of parks, the more you engage them—that paves the road to funding,” Queeley said. Coordinators hope to expand to 20 spaces in Boston and one in Harvard square by next year. “People are enjoying themselves, which is the bottom line,” said Livable Streets Board Member Nina Garfinkle. “Instead of driving miserably on big wide streets and being uptight...
...some festivals, it’s rammed down your throat everywhere you go… I don’t think that shows much integrity, to be honest.”Over the years, ATP festivals have featured a long roster of bands and artists that Hogan hopes to expand. “I’d love Pavement to get back together and be at ATP,” Hogan says, placing the ’90s band at the top of his “endless list” of dream performers. Hogan is also hoping to book...
...Despite the OCS’s legitimate efforts to expand their offerings this year, they remain overwhelmingly and unfortunately centered around finance and consulting. The influx of Harvard grads to the finance and consulting sectors is not the fault of OCS alone, but the way that OCS presents these sectors certainly contributes to their popularity. Admittedly, some students are attracted to banking and consulting jobs for reasons outside of OCS’s control. These jobs have “prestige,” the promise of a large salary, and some students are genuinely interested in the field. Unquestionably...
...insincere in its claim to helping students find jobs in a wide variety of industries. Rather, its efforts in this area simply fall short. First, OCS lacks resources. The University should allocate more funds to OCS so that it can expand its staff, include more specialists in more sectors of the job market, give students more one-on-one attention, and have a larger working budget...
...candidates were speaking at a conference organized by ServiceNation, an organization that seeks to expand the role of national service in people’s lives. The timing of the event—exactly seven years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001—was strategic as well as symbolic. Those events inspired many Americans to volunteer, whether as members of the armed services, the search and rescue teams at the disaster sites, or just in their own communities. The overwhelming surge of solidarity and self-sacrifice that followed the tragedy was channeled into an outpouring of service...