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...including airfare for Amadei and his students--transformed the lives of the villagers and that of Amadei, who realized he had found his calling as an engineer and an educator. "I could see the kids were really interested," he says. "And I could see the huge social impact that a small project can have...
That was the genesis of Engineers Without Borders (EWB), a nonprofit group that focuses on low-tech, high-impact projects in the developing world, implemented almost entirely by student engineers. If you think this sounds a bit warm and fuzzy for the right-angle world of engineering, think again. Since Amadei launched the national organization in 2002, more than 230 affiliated chapters have sprung up in universities and professional firms around the U.S., comprising some 8,000 members, with more overseas. EWB has built everything from aqueducts in Mali to solar panels in Rwanda. And the group is changing...
...prayer. Siddiqi added that as a neurobiology concentrator, he regularly confronts questions about his faith and often engages in discussions with faculty members about reconciling religion and science. Panelist Allison A. Frost ’08, a member of both the Harvard-Radcliffe Catholic Student Organization and Harvard Christian Impact, said that Harvard’s culture tends to emphasize the power of one person acting individually, rather than the need to submit to a higher power. Frost, who is also an inactive member of The Crimson’s news board, said that what separates her most from...
...from a swing state where we get all the attention, to get the reporters’ perspective—especially how they combined their different regional expertise,” said Megan L. Srinivas ’09 of Iowa. The guests presented different perspectives on mayors’ impact on the 2008 election. “Everybody in American politics is part of the process, but mayors can play important roles, particularly in the primary contest,” said Leach. Nevertheless, some newly elected mayors felt that they lacked sufficient political capital to expend it on a presidential...
...only say, Ha ha ha. A recent study of Arkansas, conducted by the nonpartisan Urban Institute, estimated that immigrants there pay more in Social Security and sales taxes than they cost in social services like health care and education. That doesn't begin to take into account the economic impact of the hard work and entrepreneurial energy that illegal immigrants bring to the society. To be sure, there is a need for greater border security in a time of terrorism. But any candidate who claims to be able to shut down the border simply isn't telling the truth...