Word: gordon
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...presence of military recruiters at the 24th annual Career Forum on Friday attracted the attention of activists from across the political spectrum, with protesters standing outside the Gordon Track and Tennis Center while students and employers mingled inside...
Harvard’s Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA) also protested the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy outside of the Gordon Track and Tennis Center, but did not directly take issue with the war in Iraq...
...unauthorized event,” since the group did not have a protest permit, and that Harvard University Police Department officers would be on the scene. But despite the commotion stirred up by the HIPJ and HRC activists as they walked from the Yard to the Gordon Track and Tennis Center, gathering people and chanting as they went, the protesters did not disrupt the usual flow of the Career Forum...
...kids work. Still, nothing excuses your daughter's irresponsibility in not telling you sooner. Life's transition points--such as becoming self-supporting--are emotionally tricky for both parent and child. Although your daughter may legally be an adult, she has not yet developed the traits that Linda Perlman Gordon, co-author of Mom, Can I Move Back In with You?, has identified as the markers of adulthood in today's culture of extended adolescence. Among them, financial responsibility and understanding the impact of one's actions on others (including one's parents...
...help her in this direction, Gordon suggests, by making her bear consequences for this mess. I agree. It would be counterproductive to indenture her for the next decade to pay the entire sum. But you can require her to pay a realistic percentage off the top of every paycheck. Make it large enough for her to feel it and for long enough to drive the lesson home. And just maybe the day will come when she will thank you for it. --By Francine Russo...