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...Naddaff said. “This is absolutely the wrong message to be giving.”One solution that Naddaff recommended to avoid the pitfalls of rejection is encouraging students to “cast their net more broadly” and apply to more seminars.Another idea on the table, also proposed by Naddaff, is that students who applied and were rejected in the fall receive first priority in the spring.Though the program’s traditional base in the humanities and social sciences has been expanded to include the full spectrum of disciplines, merely scaling up the number...

Author: By Bita M. Assad, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Program in Progress | 12/10/2008 | See Source »

...Halberstam would have wanted is to have a street named after him.” Glenn said a renaming of Plympton St. would detract from the street’s sentimental value to generations of Crimson editors and also lead to material costs and difficulties, and Bhayani questioned the idea of honoring only one particular individual. When the proposal was first presented last spring, Dan J. Wuensche, the manager of Plympton landmark Grolier Poetry Book Shop, said that the logistical changes from the renaming would be costly. In addition to The Crimson, other Harvard buildings that would be affected...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: City Debates Renaming Street | 12/10/2008 | See Source »

Most Harvard courses teach the traditional way: books, lectures, and a final exam. But the members of Lebônê Solutions, Inc., who met in Engineering Sciences 147: “Idea Translation: Effecting Change through the Arts and Sciences,” had a final project that took them beyond the classroom. The team members, who are current Harvard students and recent graduates, are looking to implement off-the-grid energy technology that uses the microbial fuel cells in dirt to produce cost-efficient energy that can be brought to the rural and un-powered areas of Africa...

Author: By Elizabeth C. Pezza, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Out of the Yard, Into Africa | 12/10/2008 | See Source »

...idea stemmed from a personal need that exposed a void in the market. While planning a friend’s 21st birthday party, Hirschfeld realized that he didn’t have the time or money to buy nice invitations. After teaming up with his sister Alexa H. Hirschfeld ’06, James launched Paperless Post...

Author: By Julia S Chen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Paperless Post | 12/10/2008 | See Source »

...don’t have one—let’s be honest,” said Anthropology department chair Theodore C. Bestor, when asked if he had a clear idea of how to move forward with budgetary planning within his department. “If, at this point, we’re being given ranges and overalls with no specifics, how do you write a budget with clean numbers...

Author: By Christian B. Flow and Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Smith Asks for Budget Cuts | 12/10/2008 | See Source »

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