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...women’s movement had only just begun to take form, and while most of her fellow classmates went straight from the dorms of Radcliffe to the role of housewife, Alfaro opted to further her education. Alfaro continued her studies at Berkeley, then began teaching English at Boston State College...
Another issue faced the world of higher education this year in the form of unpaid internships. All too often, students must work without compensation in order to gain entry-level positions in various job fields, and we feel that this practice goes against the ideal of fairness by which employers should abide. After all, only a certain percentage of the population can afford to do an unpaid internship, perpetuating inequality. To best remedy this, we feel that the United States should eliminate unpaid internships altogether, except for those at non-profit organizations...
...Mansfield—who writes about the merits of executive authority and has already voiced concerns about Harvard’s liberal tendencies—says that he does not see the need for any form of affirmative action when it comes to the selection of faculty members...
Kanev added that Wei has become an unofficial advisor for him. He said that in this capacity, Wei does not cultivate the “classical advisor-advisee relationship,” but rather tends to form closer, friendlier bonds with students...
...empathy” was coined in the 20th century to describe our ability to feel our way into another’s point of view. Smith called this ability “sympathy.” He saw every instance of sympathy as involving an implicit form of moral judgment. When empathetically engaging with the situation of others, we are led to imagine how we ourselves would react in their situation and don’t sympathize with reactions that are inappropriate. This is why sympathy can serve as the basis for our sense of right and wrong...