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...Apple Does It" was a refreshing take on the company's culture of technological transformation. There are not many great innovators still kicking around in the business world, but Steve Jobs and Apple are leading the way. With them in the forefront, it won't be long before home theater becomes mainstream. I can't wait...
...said. The two also discussed issues such as the age of adopted children, the importance of cultural heritage, and public versus private adoption agencies. The debate drew a sizeable crowd, mainly of graduate students and faculty. “I think [the debate] brought to the forefront the gravity of human rights issues related to transnational adoption. In that sense, it was very educational,” said Jane Chen, a first-year Kennedy School of Government student...
...entertain the possibility that late nights are a necessity in the open and experimental academic atmosphere. Some might argue that only by challenging absolutely every social norm—especially bedtime and eating routines—can a university produce the new progressive ideas that put it at the forefront of its goal to move society forward. Could it be that the civil rights movement and the anti-Vietnam War campaign of the 1970s are cut from the same cloth as the late night pizza run and the surprisingly-alcoholic Scorpion Bowl?For the sake of humanity, let?...
...Amish are even finding themselves at the forefront of science. A genetic-disease research project at the University of Maryland is focusing on the Amish, since they keep detailed family records that go back generations. And though the Amish tend to be suspicious of psychology, a new mental-health facility just opened outside Lancaster. It's decorated in traditional Amish style to make patients feel comfortable, and so that when they role-play, they can do it with a real butter churn...
With the ever-looming dilemma of “life after Harvard” at the forefront of many of our minds right now, I would like to draw attention to a profession that rarely gets the consideration it deserves. It is ironic that after spending almost two decades as students, so few of us give a second of thought to teaching. Perhaps not all of us are meant to spend our entire lives presiding over the classroom, but I would argue that everyone who makes it to a premier educational institution like Harvard should at least give...