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...disregard for environmental implications, exploiting resources and emitting carbon dioxide at rates that placed the world in its current binding predicament starting during the Industrial Revolution. As China and India now undergo periods of rapid growth and approach huge upswings in development, it is unrealistic to expect them to forego economic gain in order to protect the environment. Certainly, the issue of fairness needs to be considered in coming up with a plausible solution...

Author: By Shankar G. Ramaswamy | Title: The Real Inconvenient Truth | 5/15/2008 | See Source »

...growling for a cause, not because of budget cuts. The Harvard Islamic Society’s (HIS) Fast-a-thon on Feb. 28 urged students to “go hungry for change.” Nearly 1500 students registered, promising to fast from dawn till dusk and to forego swiping in. HUDS, playing hero, pledged to donate the marginal cost of each meal not eaten to Save the Children. “The main thing is not to swipe, but it’s also about experiencing a part of Islam most people don’t get exposed...

Author: By Samantha F. Drago, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Going Hungry for a Cause | 3/5/2008 | See Source »

...hunger,” she said in an interview. Fast-A-Thon Chair Tariq N. Ali ’09 said that the number of pledges had more than doubled that of the previous Fast-A-Thon in 2004. According to Ali, around 1,420 had registered to forego the meal plan on February 28, compared to the 700 of 2004. The HIS will meet with HUDS on Monday to compare the number of pledges to the actual numbers. To calculate the final donation, Ali said HUDS will subtract the number of diners yesterday from the number of diners...

Author: By prathama K. Nabi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fast-A-Thon Raises Money for Hungry Children | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

...society, not that the U.K. should adopt Shariah as a “parallel jurisprudence.” For example, Williams said individuals could resolve aspects of specified matters such as martial law and regulation of financial transactions under the jurisdiction of their choice, allowing British Muslims to forego choosing between cultural and state loyalties. That there is one law for everybody is an important part of the infrastructure of modern democratic states, but this should not disqualify accommodations for other affiliations...

Author: By Emmeline D. Francis | Title: Marking British Values | 2/20/2008 | See Source »

...navigate the stacks without a map. In this generation of HOLLIS-dependent undergrads, the only romance associated with the library can be found in the smutty open dialogue of Bored@Lamont or late-night hookups in Widener. Thanks to the boom in digitized literature, students are increasingly able to forego the simple pleasures of the musty, dimly lit, and seemingly innumerable corridors of Widener: now the books are going online.With new developments in the digital revolution—an opaque term that essentially denotes all technological progress—the literary landscape is increasingly being pushed into the digital realm...

Author: By Joshua J. Kearney, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: From Widener to the World Wide Web | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

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