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...believe Kennedy’s command implausible are the many who have followed his words and proved them possible. Teach for America (TFA) began as the thesis of a Princeton senior. The brainchild of a 22-year-old intent on fixing America’s educational inequity provides low-income schools with highly educated young people who are three times more effective at teaching core subjects than those who would otherwise be in their stead...

Author: By Nicholas J. Melvoin | Title: A Reasoned Idealism | 6/3/2008 | See Source »

...meantime, however, public service still ranks low on the occupational list for a large number of Harvard students. Yet, for a student body so concerned with the future, so active in politics, environmental concerns and so forth on campus, it is worth reflecting on how much depends on what the government decides outside these ivy walls. Public service is the way to translate these ideal beliefs of our youth into substantive action. While we may imagine that things can be better, the good comes from acting on that imagination every...

Author: By Nicholas J. Melvoin | Title: A Reasoned Idealism | 6/3/2008 | See Source »

...team ECAC Division I Championships. Sheldon, sophomore Sarah Harvey, Balmert, and junior Ali Bode finished first, second, third, and fourth, respectively. The team’s first round score of 296 was a Crimson record, and the squad’s overall score of 600 was an ECAC Championship low. Sheldon won her second straight individual crown in the Gutshall Invitational in October to ensure that the Crimson ended the fall season with a victory. “We were having girls shooting under par, we were having girls winning tournaments, and we were proving early on that we could...

Author: By Jay M. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Makes History in Championship Season | 6/2/2008 | See Source »

...does it? Whatever financial benefit you might derive from such a deal, the real joy from the dinner will be very low because each bite you take reminds you how much you are spending. This might be a good dieting approach, but not a way to enjoy spending your money. What this idea shows is that the way you pay has important psychological implications on how you view the money you are spending—what we call the “pain of paying”—even though on a rational level, we all know that...

Author: By Dan Ariely | Title: Irrational Economic Policies | 6/2/2008 | See Source »

...small, populist-flavored "Obama Rama" rally in a Billings city park in a low-income neighborhood Saturday, Obama superdelegate John Melcher, 84, a former U.S. Senator said, "I think this is the best campaign I've ever seen, except for John Kennedy's." He told the gathering he backs Obama because the Iraq war has drained assets better used elsewhere, and said he sees Obama as "a sound, qualified leader," who "has the capacity to draw good people to him, and to retain them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Montana: The Democrats' Last Stand | 6/2/2008 | See Source »

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