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What: Winthrop's notorious "Debauchery" dance is being reincarnated under the new title of "Jungle Boogie." In years past, attendees are given fake money and throughout the night, individuals pay fellow dancegoers to do certain things...that may or may not verge on the inappropriate. At the end of the evening, the dancegoers with the most money win prizes. Tickets are $7, but drinks are free (if you're legal...
This is all the more surprising given the organization’s origins. Harvard created the Ed Portal in 2008 as a component of the legally-binding cooperation agreement that the City of Boston required the University to sign before it could break ground on the Allston Science Complex. As part of the agreement, Harvard pledged to distribute $25 million dollars over the next decade for community benefits...
Bajwa’s work over the past couple of years came to fruition in the 2009-10 season, when the women’s team won the Howe Cup as national champions as well as the Barhite Award, given to the team with the best dual record. Bajwa also coached freshman Laura Gemmell and co-captain Colin West to their respective individual national titles...
Rejection is a fact of life. I can handle rejection. What I can’t handle is a higher-stakes combination of being stood up by a date without a plausible reason and being given the cold shoulder by a group of middle school girls for no reason. Believe it or not, many of us have been rejected before, in ways more painful than by a job. Yes, it can be disappointing, frustrating, heartbreaking, and may even draw tears, but rejection is not always a bad thing, and can definitely make you a stronger person. So, dear employers...
...Until now, Chancellor Angela Merkel's new center-right government has steered clear of calling the Afghan mission a "war," given the German public's deep loathing of the concept. But this started to change in February when the government came up with a new way of describing its mission, saying German troops were now engaged in a "non-international armed conflict." Then came zu Guttenberg's admission that the 4,300 German soldiers currently on the ground are actually engaged in what the rest of the world generally considers a war. "In the past, the Afghan mission was sold...