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...Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuban refugees cavort happily on the beach in a scene reminiscent of a Club Med. They have good reason to celebrate: soon they will be flying off to freedom in the U.S. Meanwhile, less than a mile away, more than 200 Haitian children lounge listlessly under drab green tents, seeking refuge from the harsh midday sun. Camp Nine, their home since last June, is a desolate patch of cactus-filled desert where the only sign of life is an occasional banana rat or iguana. A fence encircles the camp, which is guarded by American soldiers...
...states it himself as eloquently as we could: "Perhaps there is something more to life as a pre-med than organic chemistry, four-color pens and Cabot Science Library. Perhaps pre-meds are capable of doing something other than working in their labs, cramming for exams and bragging about the difficulty of their classes to all people who aren't pre-meds...
...realize that David Lat's April 29th editorial ("Hypocritical Society," Dartboard, Apr. 30) was perhaps just Saturday morning fun, we, writing on behalf of the Hippocratic Society, would like to respond. We agree with his caricature, albeit exaggerated, of the four-color-pen-carrying, grade-grubbing, Cabot-inhabiting pre-med, and we think that this is a perfect reason why we need a Hippocratic Society at Harvard...
...cleverly hit upon the very reason why the Hippocratic Society was founded: We have found that the Harvard pre-med curriculum does indeed foster a sense of competition, which creates an environment which is largely self-serving. The curriculum does not help us address the moral and social questions which we will face in a morally and socially demanding profession. The Hippocratic Society is a discussion group that invites doctors, professors and others from the community to fulfill this need. Hopefully, these speakers will be the "role models" that Lat claims we lack...
...even if it does next to nothing, the Society will have served its purpose. Being a co-founder or member of a pre-med ethics society will look great on a resume or an application to medical school...