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Oppenheim moves beyond his bitter analysis of the social scene and hints at a key problem involving the University, that it could do more to foster the ethical background and sense of community that contribute to a true feeling of excellence and accomplishment...
...company on campus may be a wonderful opportunity for Harvard's undergraduate drama community, the fact that students are limited in the use of the few available performance facilities is grounds for serious concern. Harvard's commitment should be to undergraduates, and the University should make every effort to foster creativity among its students; the many dance groups on campus certainly will gain needed prominence with a mainstage slot. As owner of the Loeb Drama Center, Harvard should accept the Steering Committee's proposal and work to establish the fifth show. The dance performance in May would not mean fewer...
Clueless corporations, which have typically approached the office as a storage site for people and paper, are only just starting to think outside the cubicle, imagining work spaces that foster interaction, not isolation. By 2025, though, the standard-issue, gloomy maze of hallways and bullpens of today may well be replaced--once they have been fully depreciated, that is--by a wide range of office setups that, just like the new economy, stress customization over mass appeal. In this newfangled, dynamic working environment, employees should be able to personalize their work spaces and constantly reconfigure their surroundings to suit...
Nisha S. Agarwal, David W. Foster, Katherine H. Sigelman and Robin Wasserman, of Adams House; Thalia Chantziara, Benjamin S. Edelson, Daniel M. Loss, Jacob A. Lurie, Garrett B. Moritz, Patricia L. Santos and Flora Zhang, of Cabot House; Han Ping Davin Chor, Matthew S. Povich, Aziz F. Rana and Gregory M. Sulkowski, of Currier House; Nora F. Lehmann, Rebecca Reider and Nitzan Shoshan, of Dudley House; Rodrigo A. Cruz, Sara M. Jablon, Joseph C. Krupnick and James L. Young, of Dunster House; John W. Baxindine, Randolph A.G. Bell, Jacqlynn Duquette, Daniel J. Hopkins and Margot L. Minardi, of Eliot House...
...Maxean Bowen, a single mother raising an 11-year-old daughter. A social worker in the foster-care system in New York City, Bowen helped rehabilitate parents with substance-abuse problems. In 1998 she developed a painful condition in both feet that made it difficult for her to walk. Because her job required her to make house calls, she had to give it up and go on unemployment, hoping the condition would ease up. Her take-home pay dropped from about $1,600 a month to $800. To get by, she borrowed from relatives and started using credit cards...