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...course, concise club names. But some students have lost sight of this last one, choosing names that leave their clubs with unfortunate acronyms or throwing in unnecessary words to achieve cutesy backronyms. Either way, FM (note: only two letters) presents the fifteen worst, and occasionally fictional, in its mission to shame people into better club names. 1) Harvard College Chinese Chess Club (HCCCC) 2) Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa (YALDA) 3) Mental Health Awareness and Advocacy Group (MHAAG) 4) Harvard College Association of Practice and Learning of Yan Xin Life Science and Technology (HCAOPALOYXLSAT) 5) Student Astronomers...

Author: By Jessica L. Fleischer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Bad Acronyms | 10/10/2007 | See Source »

...think Harvard’s biggest challenge will be in the next 10 years?MJS: May I give you three? First, changing the academic culture so that Harvard undergraduate education can be as good as it should be; second, building the sciences while helping the humanities to find their mission and voice; and third, figuring out how Harvard should define its global presence and engage with higher education in the developing world.10.FM: Given your communitarian arguments, could you tell a Nazi that Nazism is wrong?MJS: I assume you mean persuade, not just tell a Nazi that Nazism is wrong...

Author: By Sam Teller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Q's with Bass Professor of Government Michael J. Sandel | 10/10/2007 | See Source »

...funding unregulated events where the focus was clearly on drinking and insisted that his decision was final. Pilbeam also warned that funding individuals, as opposed to student groups, “is not in support of the greater good of the students you represent, not in keeping with your mission.” His belittling statement demonstrates an utter disregard for the student body and their elected representatives. The letter was all the more shocking considering Pilbeam did not raise any red flags in his year as senior adviser to the Dean of the College and Interim Dean...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: A Misguided Approach | 10/5/2007 | See Source »

...midst of Sudan’s impunity, the recent attack on African Union (A.U.) peacekeepers in Darfur by rebels in Haskanita has imperiled the peace talks scheduled for October in Libya. Although a hybrid United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) is slated to relieve the A.U. peacekeepers by the end of the year, its success is contingent upon Sudan’s cooperation. Supposedly, Khartoum has committed to the hybrid force, but it has also granted free reign to likely war criminals, making future attacks a certainty...

Author: By Joanna Naples-mitchell | Title: A Mockery of Justice | 10/4/2007 | See Source »

...Administration has lately begun to define the U.S. mission in Iraq in terms of containing Iranian influence. This puts it at odds to some extent with the Iraqi government, whose leading elements see Iran as a longstanding friend and a key future partner. But the U.S. stance may make resolving the nuclear issue more difficult...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: If North Korea, Why Not Iran? | 10/4/2007 | See Source »

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