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...volunteer should have been TIME's choice. Bono and the Gateses have the resources to do great things for the world, and they should be obliged to. There were, however, many people who left the comfort of their homes to help rebuild houses in tsunami-stricken countries. Generous people welcomed Katrina victims into their homes, and some individuals who were struggling financially managed somehow to donate money. Although Bono and the Gateses have done great things, people who help others out of the kindness of their heart are even more significant...
...choice of critical languages on NSEP’s list, since it only includes living, spoken languages taught by NELC faculty.“The eligibility requirements seem discriminatory and may affect adversely the NELC concentration,” Skjaervo wrote in an e-mail.Citing Harvard’s generous aid packages for its students, Day said that she does not think there will be a momentous impact.“The financial aid the College offers to students with need is quite comprehensive and, given this new federal program is limited to Pell-eligible students, the beneficiaries are likely...
...public opinion. One of those to be sure is timeliness: blogs, unlike the Crimson, update continuously, even at odd hours of the night when both their authors and readers are putting off writing papers. Another factor is simple pluralism: unlike the world at large, Harvard has (by the most generous count) two newspapers, one of which has a publishing cycle longer than the campaign itself.Before I pat the back of the nascent world of internet journalism and congratulate it on a job well done, however, I want to pause for a moment to think through some of the reasons...
...Sciences diversity advisor, solicited the Council’s views in advance of possible changes to the Faculty’s maternity leave policy.While Martin yesterday called Harvard’s current policy of offering all primary caregivers one semester’s teaching relief “relatively generous,” she said she may propose amendments to the rules when she appears again before the Council in the spring at one of its biweekly meetings.Professors who give birth to their first child may get more time off under a revamped policy, Martin said. She said...
...rare books as gifts, Engell said. “He was the kindest person I’ve ever met in my life,” said Bruster, who as a graduate student at Harvard helped Evans prepare his edition of Shakespeare’s sonnets. Evans was also generous in sharing his office space with former students and younger scholars, said Professor of English John Tobin of the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Tobin, who worked with Evans on the second edition of The Riverside Shakespeare, said he has fond memories of mornings spent with Evans in his Widener office...