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...those things were particularly hard on women, and I was lucky enough to live through the period when sexual harassment first became taken seriously. Harvard was one of the first places to have such an anti-harrasment policy, but I’m afraid that having the policy is just part of solving the problem. It’s certainly not the whole solution...

Author: By Jose A. Delreal, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Martha Nussbaum | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

...hotels that HUDS employees have come to rely on. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the national leisure and hospitality industry has shrunk by approximately 500,000 employees since January 2008, and the total weekly hours worked by all employees dropped 7 percent over that same time period before experiencing slight gains last month...

Author: By Sofia V. McDonald, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: In the Heat of the Kitchen | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

...comes down to it, I guess, I can only recommend that at one point during college, you drop everything, piss off your parents, and go abroad—for a week, for a summer, for a semester. Do something stupid. Make new friends. Do nothing for a long period of time without thinking about work. Then come back and return to the land of worry and G-chats and stalking ISawYouHarvard, a few regrets and pounds heavier. It’s the American...

Author: By Jessica L. Fleischer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Chilling Out: European Style | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

Interested in the Victorian period, women’s history, and sensationalist novels, Schama had a very specific focus for her junior year History & Literature tutorial. Fortunately for her, that focus has since become the basis for her thesis and her new book, “Wild Romance,” published last month by Walker and Company...

Author: By Natalie duP. C. Panno, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Senior’s Summa Hits The Shelves | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

Melton’s familiarity with students has given him a deep understanding of even some of the minute details of undergraduate life—for example, he has noticed that some students are completely free and relaxed during reading period, while others disappear and retreat to the libraries...

Author: By Danielle J. Kolin and Naveen N. Srivatsa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Eliot Masters Bring Scientific Expertise | 4/7/2010 | See Source »

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