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...less than a day, members of the class of 2003 can officially call themselves Harvard graduates. Such a title contains countless perks??the ability to wear crimson with pride, drink cocktails at posh Harvard clubs and give one’s children a leg up in college admissions are just the beginning. But there are potential drawbacks associated with the Ivy seal of approval. The perfect example: the proverbial “H-Bomb” and its inevitable mixed reactions. Some treat Harvard grads with awe, others with revulsion. Harvard Professor of Psychology Ellen J. Langer admits...
...besides the 100 building and the two major research universities in the city, Necco’s neighborhood has other perks??it is just across the river from several of the Northeast’s strongest hospitals and it is part of a tide of a biotech hub growing in Cambridge...
There are indeed many valid criticisms of the soft drink deals, which are more involved than simply situating soda machines in prominent places for luring fickle high school consumers. Contracts not only require exclusivity in campus soft drink sales but often provide companies with advertising perks??not to mention access to a much sought-after (and impressionable) population of future buyers. These marketing practices, alongside frighteningly unhealthy offerings in school cafeterias, are only feeding into a serious public health epidemic...
Although it does have certain quirks—like a gigantic tongue—and perks??like a convenient location—the Visual and Environmental Studies “New Faculty Show” is no spectacular spectacle. Featuring the enigmatic works of five new faculty members spread over the wide ground-level exhibition space in the Carpenter Center, the show is a bit disjointed and a bit bland—but its very non-provocative nature makes it refreshing...