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...focus on Allston this semester. For them, understanding Harvard’s presence in the area and how it interacts with the community—the future site of University’s new more than 200-acre campus—isn’t a casual interest: their grade depends upon...
...Pizza Hut-sponsored program that rewards reading with free slices of pizza for students in kindergarten through sixth grade has recently been the target of criticism from a Harvard Medical School (HMS) instructor. Susan E. Linn, the associate director of the Media Center at the Judge Baker Children’s Center and an instructor in Psychiatry at HMS, criticized the fast-food giant last week, charging that its reading program amounted to corporate sponsorship and encouraged unhealthy eating habits. The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood–an organization that Linn co-founded—has begun...
...Entering the match with intensity, the Crimson took control of the first two periods, keeping the puck in Golden Knight territory for the early part of the game. “The first 10 minutes of the game, we dominated play and had a couple of grade-A scoring chances,” captain Dylan Reese said. “The first game was definitely a good battle. We were in control of the game most of the time. It was just a matter of putting the puck in the net, and we didn?...
...pediatrician's office has been doing a brisk business in Gardasil, but a lot of parents are deeply uncomfortable with it. Texas Governor Rick Perry found that out last month when he tried to make the vaccine mandatory for girls entering sixth grade, an idea that many Texans felt contradicted the state's abstinence-only message in sex education. Since then, Merck, which makes Gardasil, has stopped lobbying states to require the vaccine for school. No other vaccine mandated for school targets a microbe that is spread mainly through...
...History Christopher P. Jones, who teaches History 1085, “The Roman Empire, Augustus to Constantine,” allows his students to omit the midterm if they write approximately 15 additional pages for the term paper. Their final exam also counts for a larger percentage of their grade. “It’s just a matter of risk management,” Jones said. “The student has to do the risk management, and the faculty member has to make sure that the risk management is reasonable.” Seniors whose professors have...