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...What will I tell the kids when they come back?" he asks. His school, known for its piety and commitment to the Islamic Revolution, lost a parent to errant gunfire during one of the protest marches, a mother who had gone out in search of her son. Another student was struck in the stomach and remains in critical condition. This school teaches its kids that they live in a just society and that their education will build a more ethical world. What would the adults say to their students...
...Harvard students, alumni, and staff interested in the arts, media, and entertainment. The festival was born during a panel on music and the economy held by the New York branch of Harvardwood last spring. Jared L. Hoffman ’84, president and CEO of Knitting Factory Entertainment, parent company of the legendary New York club of the same name was among the participants.Furst—who was one of the panelists—saw an opportunity to use Harvard’s biggest resource—its people—to help promote and showcase unsigned bands like...
...gain. "No one should ever turn communication between a President and young people about what you can aspire to in the future into an ugly us-against-them exercise," Hemping argues. "This is a lost opportunity, because [Obama] is a role model who raised himself from a poor, single-parent situation precisely through education." (Read about the shrinking state of Florida: What's causing the exodus...
...problem, though, is that the differences in the raw data went away once Barker and Miller controlled for other variables - like what language was spoken at home and whether a parent had lost...
...full disclosure, paid tweets carry risks for brands. If it's clear that a company is paying a Twitter user to put in a good word for them, will the message ring true - or reek of desperation? "Oh no," says Tom Aiello, spokesman for Sears Holdings Corp., Kmart's parent company. "A lot of brands have had successful campaigns go through the paid side." Still, brand strategists recommend that companies tread into the Twittersphere lightly. Real word of mouth is much more valuable. "I have urged clients to be very cautious about pay-to-say on Twitter," says Blackshaw...