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Shen started Savory as a creative outlet for a life-long passion. “I’ve been thinking about food since I was little,” he says. After coming to Harvard, however, Shen was unsatisfied with the current publication options with which to pursue his culinary interests...
...none of the established concentrations offered by the College fit his interdisciplinary interests. So, after a grueling application process, Rice became one of the 21 undergraduates pursuing degrees through the Department of Special Concentrations this year. Established in 1971, the Department of Special Concentrations enables students with a particular passion to combine various fields of study without joint concentrating. But in the Harvard system, one concentration isn’t necessarily easier than two: with little support or guidance from the College, students seeking an individualized concentration must go through intense administrative rigmarole to tailor-make a degree. This lengthy...
...engagement of the rally’s participants. In an age stereotyped by its decreasing civic engagement, it is indeed refreshing to see students rallying behind a cause that, while irrelevant to their daily campus lives, has an enormous impact on their society as a whole. The passion of these students sheds light on the American dilemmas of incarceration, recidivism, and reintegration of former prisoners. CORI is a reality of the of the job application process, yet its revelation of any previous criminal offense is often enough to cause a potential employer to discard the application. This proves quite...
...sudden fit of passion, she clutched the rotting reptile to her breast. “I want to feel,” she gasped, as the gems’ cold facets dug into her yielding flesh. “I need to feel again...
...though the Pope clearly wanted to speak out about Islamic-inspired violence, Vatican officials pointed out that the Pope's other aim in the Regensberg speech was to challenge the West to rediscover its own religious roots. This twin clarion call - to Christians who have lost their religious passion and Muslims who may have too much - was supposed to create a "more frank" dialogue among the world's two leading faiths. After the uproar quieted, there has indeed been progress. Top Muslim scholars have written two open letters to the Pope, which has led to the first in a series...