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...this problem? There's a simple solution: the Harvard Corps. For one semester out of their eight, Harvard students would be forced to leave Cambridge and travel to far-off parts of the United States to do community service. The rest of this column might possibly be funny, but it's not a joke...
What paradise offers, besides an idyllic setting, is a chance to remake yourself in far-off Asia, to become a more glamorous person than the one laboring in that cubicle in San Jose, Calif., or pouring drinks in that Surrey pub. "Elsewhere your time is spent playing a role--work, family, career. You don't push the boundaries spiritually and physically," says Backyard Dave, a deejay who became globally renowned through playing Ko Pha-Ngan rave parties. "Out here you can be who you really want...
Gone are the days when most students, as they did in 1944, could make the quick trip to New York or "wangle dinner invitations from friends of the family in the nearby villages." Harvard students today hale from such far-off ports as San Francisco, Anchorage and Honolulu. Should not they, too, be able to have the time to visit their friends and family on Thanksgiving? Surely, the University is not so stingy as to begrudge them the time to clasp their hands over a hearty meal with loved ones, and with airline tickets none-too-cheap, the University should...
...suppose other far-off prophecies that should have already happened haven't come true, either. We passed right by 1984 without falling under the watchful eye of Big Brother, as was predicted, or at least forewarned, in George Orwell's 1984. And how many predictions do you think the great Nostradamus missed? It seems that the only source to credit him with any degree of accuracy has been the Weekly World News...
Traveling to far-off places to lend a helping hand is catching on as an alternative to leisure holidays. "It satisfies some inner urges that people may not have been able to satisfy in their normal life," says Bill McMillon, the author of Volunteer Vacations. This guide to worthy adventuring includes some 2,000 projects around the world, up from 70 in the first edition 12 years ago. Back then, McMillon remembers, "everybody was aghast that anyone would work on a vacation...