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Furthermore, so long as we continue to be beholden to multinationals to obtain even basic necessities, we continue to reinforce an economic structure that systematically produces massive inequality and exploitation. While Nike or Coca-Cola may serve as figureheads, society’s ills are not the result of the actions of “a few bad [corporate] apples,” but rather the product of a generally problematic system. Thus, insofar as ethical consumerism’s effects are limited to these figureheads, as a general tactic it is clearly insufficient...
...encourages students to use original material, including archival files,” Colton said. Through this method, Colton said Martin’s students are able to obtain the “experience of living in this kind of society, learning about it firsthand rather than just through textbooks...
...know, what would have benefited me,” he said. “That’s how I construct the class.” After Ben-Shahar graduated from the College, he studied in Cambridge, England on a Harvard-Cambridge fellowship and then returned to Harvard to obtain a Ph.D in organizational behavior. “He teaches psychology differently from a lot of other psychology professors,” said Kim Chen ’08, who is in “Positive Psychology.” “He tries to take these concepts...
...Valenzuela would like to obtain funds for a trial in which half the 500 participants would engage in a program of intensive mental stimulation while the rest would carry on as normal. In the meantime, though, why wait? A nightly game of chess may do nothing to thwart dementia. But unlike an experimental drug, there's no risk of its doing any harm, either...
...Massachusetts State Senate is slated to vote next Wednesday on public records legislation that could radically alter private universities’ and their police forces’ exemption from releasing internal, crime-related documents. Senate Bill 1735 would force private universities and hospitals to release confidential documents obtained by special state police officers to the public, according to the bill. Special state police officers, like those of Harvard University Police Department (HUPD), are not public officers but do have the power to make arrests and obtain and exercise search warrants. If passed through the Senate, the House and into...