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...Higgins said, however, that he believes the program does not exclude students based on their financial situation. “The skills necessary for fundraising are very interpersonal, and there’s no reason that someone from a lower socioeconomic background wouldn’t be able to gain those interpersonal skills.” Higgins said that students should take advantage of their personal and professional connections to solicit funds from for the campaign. “Students for Mitt is an innovative fundraising program geared towards engaging students in the political process and giving them another opportunity...
...more scholarly light, covering topics such as games and learning, the concept of value in virtual worlds, and the political and civic impact of video games. GAMING IN THE LABORATORYA number of professors have agreed to contribute to the Review, touting the positive benefits and principles that can be gained from video games and the example that they set.“It is important to realize that video game playing can have many effects on psychological processes, depending on the type of games people play,” writes Assistant Professor of Psychology Yuhong Jiang in an email. Although...
...more aggressive in closing the door on the U.S. involvement in Iraq [April 2]. The analysis he employed bears no relevance to the foreign policy objective. Beinart provided no description of what would happen in the aftermath. His only concern was whether the Democratic political machine will gain votes in the next election cycle. A self-inflicted defeat in Iraq would result in a much less safe and secure Middle East. It would embolden our enemies, increase the influence of Syria and Iran and destabilize such allies as Egypt, Jordan and the gulf states. If anyone wants to know...
Avner May ’09, whose parents did not attend Harvard, said in a phone interview that he is not bothered by legacy admissions in most cases. However, he said that if two students had similarly low test scores, he would prefer to see a minority student gain admission rather than a legacy...
Harvard researchers have found another explanation for the national child obesity epidemic: mothers’ weight gain during pregnancy. The seven-year study, led by Harvard Medical School instructor Emily Oken, discovered that children whose mothers gained at least the recommended amount of weight during pregnancy were four times more likely to be overweight at age three, compared to those whose mothers gained less. The recommended weight gain for women with a normal body mass index (BMI) is 25 to 35 pounds. This number varies depending on the BMI of the expecting mother. The study is published in the April...