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...simple as remembering to sit straighter or drink enough water. Specific workout plans, like scheduling a gym visit with friends, can turn a general desire to exercise into a firm commitment. Trying to do without a trainer, or at least tapering off slowly when you quit, can help you learn to be accountable only to you. We may never again have the stamina of a 2-year-old, but recapturing even a little of our early-life energy can make our later lives a whole lot healthier...
...question. Why should Tal Ben-Shahar (or Michael Sandel, or Steven Pinker) have to watch dozens of students decide his final thoughts are worth less than a first look at the lunch offerings? Classes like Positive Psych are impersonal—as is much of the learning process at Harvard—but if students are going to clamor for a more humane learning environment, they should start by giving professors the respect we all deserve. The problem behind this behavior is not student boredom, especially with some of the aforementioned stellar professors. This isn’t high school...
...really anxious to learn,” Moriarty said, “and one of the major communities that we want to hear back from are students...
...been all smiles and season-highs—like any freshman, she’s had to adjust to the new level of play expected in Division I basketball. As a high school star who towered above the competition both literally and figuratively, Markley has had to learn how to use her body to her advantage and to play defense without the easy block as a backup plan. On top of these normal adjustments, Markley suffered a concussion in October that kept her off the court for more than five weeks. During that time, she watched from the sidelines...
...Colbert Report” to talk about his fight to keep online poker legal. “Poker provides a whole strategic language that allows you to talk about strategy with people in a way that they understand,” the passionate professor says. “You learn how to be patient. You learn how to win.” Although he may know how to win, the professor has only been to Vegas as a tourist and speaker. Nesson isn’t opposed, however, to swindling poor, unsuspecting law school students out of a few bucks...