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Harvard can be said to be the birthplace of practicality. It was here, around the turn of the century, that William James developed the philosophy of Pragmatism and began an ethos of realism which is still alive and well at Harvard in 1983. In a place where being called ?...
Although Quincy House’s “Trayless Thursdays” experiment reduced the amount of waste per meal, the House abandoned the program last week. Quincy’s month-long trayless initiative yielded an average of 1.40 ounces of waste per tray compared to the 1.87...
Whoever was in charge of enacting this policy appears to have totally ignored practical implications. The policy was written as a concession to minority groups on campus, and it hardly pretends to be anything more. Yet, this is not sufficient justification for prolonging it. Especially when you consider that women...
Inevitably, someone loses a little bit either way. Either women and religious minorities who feel uneasy or intimidated working out around men are deterred from going to the gym, or Quadlings face restricted hours when they can work out. The policy as it now stands, however, is lose-lose. It?...
Advocates of a new Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) program in Quincy House, whose dining hall will stop putting out trays on Thursdays during the month of February, say it will reduce waste by forcing students to take less food at a time. In the end, the argument goes, undergraduates...