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...other allowances. According to Summers’ Web site at the Harvard Kennedy School, he writes a monthly column for the Financial Times, co-edits the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, serves as a managing director of D.E. Shaw, and serves on a number of not-for-proft and for-profit boards.A “Statement on Outside Activities of Holders of Academic Appointments” from the Provost’s Web site notes that faculty members and other academic appointees are hired under “the expectation that [their] primary professional duties are to Harvard, and that...
Assaf, the NGO representative, acknowledges that there are "corrupt elements" and for-profit associations masquerading as civic groups but says that clamping down on the majority because of a minority is unfair. The security situation is a convenient excuse for ulterior motives. "We speak of a new democratic Iraq that has put the ways of the old regime behind it, but at the same time there are things that make you think that the government wants to try and control NGOs," he says...
Move over, organic, fair trade and free range--the latest in enlightened edibles is here: food with "embedded" positive intentions. While the idea isn't new--cultures like the Navajo have been doing it for centuries--for-profit companies in the U.S. and Canada are catching on, infusing products with good vibes through meditation, prayer and even music. Since 2006, California company H2Om has sold water infused with wishes for "love," "joy" and "perfect health" via the words, symbols and colors on the label (which "create a specific vibratory frequency," according to co-founder Sandy Fox) and the restorative music...
...UC’s decision to fund this promising business has been met with considerable controversy. Some UC members have voiced opposition to the idea of the council funding for-profit businesses; others have objected that the recent grant is not part of the council’s mandate to improve student life at Harvard. These objections, while well intentioned, are undermined by the simple fact that Get Out of Cambridge provides a much-needed service that has heretofore not existed on campus and therefore deserves support from the larger undergraduate community. Additionally, since the UC was given a stake...
...course, there are always risks involved in funding for-profit firms. The UC should be cautious when funding a student business and ensure that these enterprises will provide a clear benefit to all Harvard students. We urge the council to carefully scrutinize any and all applications from student-run businesses and make sure that the grants provided by the UC will benefit all students equally. Nevertheless, we are confident that, in the case of Get Out of Cambridge, the UC has made the right decision...