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Garrett G. D. Nelson ’09, a Crimson editorial editor, is a social studies and visual and environmental studies in Cabot House. His column runs on alternate Fridays...
Maybe it's cause to celebrate when a celebration outlives its usefulness. Back in 1970, there was lead in our paint, smog in our cities and poison in our pesticides; Ohio's Cuyahoga River was so polluted it caught fire the year before. So when Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson called for a day of protest and teach-ins, 20 million people took part. In San Francisco, activists dumped oil in the reflecting pool at Standard Oil's headquarters; in Florida, college students put a Chevrolet on trial for poisoning the air, pronounced it guilty and sentenced it to death...
...realized what life is about. It’s about building meaningful relationships—striving with friends for a purpose beyond ourselves. While clearing land for a new home where an old one stood, I asked a local teenager who worked with us—Nelson Walker—what he thought life was about. “Love,” he said. “You guys are so full of love—that’s why I enjoy being around you.” Nelson had left college so that he could work with...
...within twenty minutes an entire row is shoe shopping.” While Harvard Business School tested a program that blocked students’ access to the Internet during their scheduled classes, the program is no longer in effect, due to glitches and complaints. According to Steven R. Nelson, executive director of the MBA program, the Business School does maintain a “laptops down” policy, where students are asked not to use their computers or the Internet unless otherwise instructed. The University of Chicago Law School appears to be the only school enforcing such a comprehensive...
...Garrett G. D. Nelson ’09 is a social studies and visual and environmental studies concentrator in Cabot House. His column appears on alternate Fridays...