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...weak, and work can wait another day. The joy of a House stems from the fact that there is a community at your fingertips that is infinitely more valuable than a response paper. It’s not that solitude and self-reflection isn’t important??alone time is valuable, especially at Harvard, where the pace of life is so fast that you barely have a chance to breathe. But it’s only for so long that you are within 30 yards of a House full of pretty incredible people, and, with only...
Last week’s terrifyingly long Undergraduate Council (UC) general meeting rehashed an all–too-familiar—and all-too-important??issue: funding for student groups. The UC, in a bold move, ignored the recommendation of its Finance Committee (FiCom) and awarded $2,000 to the Mission Hill After School Program, a tutoring and mentoring outreach group affiliated with the Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA). The extended debate highlighted the need for clear, consistent, and well-publicized standards for funding of student groups...
...were surprised by how dramatic the results were.” Although the causes for the racial discrepancy have not yet been studied, Elwert believes the difference arises from social context. “Spouses are the first—and evidence suggests the most important??instance of medical care,” Elwert said. “They tend to be the primary caregivers for each other, and watch that their partners eat, sleep, and remember to take their medication.” Black widows and widowers are more likely to have a support network available...
Among the issues facing Harvard, few are as important??or as longstanding—as how the University should deal with ethically questionable investments. Unfortunately, Harvard employs an antiquated and ad hoc system under which the University profits from injustice. Harvard must establish standards that allow potentially dangerous investments to be pre-screened so that divestment does not have to be used as a last resort...
...Susan Mathai ’05, a 2006 fellow and student at Yale Medical School, wrote in an e-mail that the fellowship “meets a critical need” because it enables recipients to “pursue projects and jobs that you consider important?? while avoiding the high burden of debt.Theodore C. Marentis, another 2006 fellow who is currently studying at the Harvard/MIT Health Science & Technology Program, said he already had plans for the projects he will pursue after he has used his fellowship. Marentis said that once he is a physician, he hopes...