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...notion that the United States has both the responsibility and the right to ensure world peace, spread democracy, and punish violators of its own enlightened norms??in short, the right to intervene—is ludicrous. This perverse strategy has increased our nation’s enemies, while a prudent one would have reduced and divided them. To be effective, our foreign policy must be markedly less interventionist—the less interventionist, the better, and the safer Americans will be from terrorist attacks...
...McLean Hospital, was brought in to facilitate the merger. He was named director of University Counseling, Academic Support, and Mental Health Services. But administrative reorganization is only half the battle. Barreira also says that mental health professionals on campus have to combat “social norms?? that hinder students from seeking treatment. One way to lift the taboo surrounding mental health issues is to publicize the extent of the problem, Barreira says. UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL The Crimson’s senior survey results also offer a clearer picture of sexual behavior among Harvard undergrads. According...
Harvard has a new tactic to combat college drinking—it’s called peer pressure. The brand new Office for Alcohol and Other Drug Services (AODS) has championed a “social norms?? approach to alcohol abuse, theorizing that since “college students tend to grossly overestimate the number of their peers who engage in high-risk alcohol consumption,” providing data will correct this misconception and make people think twice before drinking. Great, except that if anyone stops and thinks twice at these numbers, it becomes abundantly clear that...
...think you laugh partially because you’re uncomfortable and partially because it’s just hilarious.” Such strange yet effective mixtures are employed all over the play. The score—which, according to Mitnick, “defies musical norms??—includes toe-tappers, sweeping melodies, and raps, with accompaniment from DJ Cop Killer. “I wanted to see if I could write a score without the notes A or E,” Mitnick says. “Unfortunately,” Katz adds...
...Wechsler published a controversial study examining 37 schools with social norms programs and 61 without them. He concluded that the program didn’t make any difference—that schools employing “social norms?? saw no decrease in the amount of alcohol consumed. In some cases, Wechsler’s study said, drinking actually got worse...