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...door,” said Michael S. Dunn ’10. “I didn’t feel like sticking around.” This year face painting was added to the annual “free cone day” festivities, which occur at Ben & Jerry’s ice cream parlors across the country. As volunteer Cassy Kemmer worked on turning a seven-year-old from boy to devil, she said that Harvard students had not yet taken advantage of her artistic services. “They’re not brave enough, I guess...
...Likely much of what will occur at Take Back the Night will involve citing statistics about the prevalence of rape. For instance, younger women are victims of sexual violence at higher rates than older women. Supposedly only one in five rapes is reported to police. And a favorite statistic: 80 percent of rape victims suffer at the hands of someone they know...
...second complaint, that “Harvard’s mental health care system is inadequate,” should be taken more seriously. Problems occur when understaffing keeps students from timely appointments, and unqualified clinicians provide students with insufficient care. These problems are not due to a lack of good intentions from administrators within the health care system, but from lack of funding from University administrators to allow for a larger staff and to better assess of current staff. Resources need to be expanded and better used. Mental health clearly needs to be a bigger priority on campus...
While the first Democratic presidential debate will occur in South Carolina in a couple weeks, the contenders sparred over Iraq in the first “virtual” gathering of the campaign season last night, drawing about 50 people to Harvard Hillel to listen to the online broadcast. The town hall meeting—organized by MoveOn.org, a progressive public policy organization—featured pre-recorded interviews with seven leading Democratic presidential candidates. The five Republican candidates invited by MoveOn.org declined the invitation, according to the Web site. All the candidates articulated their hopes for a speedy resolution...
...class we have also learned that it is important to have mental rehearsals of unusual circumstances that may occur during performance. You must prepare for adversity by imagining yourself being faced with difficulties and overcoming them. For example, athletes often visualize themselves trying to compete while being injured. I visualize myself trying to write my column with a broken keyboard. I then envision myself overcoming the fact that my “s” key has mysteriously stopped working and still managing to produce a respectable article. Thi$ i$ a really effective $trategy that will help you prepare...