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Despite being a below-ground phenomenon, the steam tunnels are the impetus for many above-ground constructions. The Weeks footbridge between Leverett and the B-School? It was built to carry the steam pipes when they were extended across the Charles in 1926; a three-foot high crawlspace allows workers to traverse the river inside the bridge. How about those weird mushroom things when you’re walking from the Yard to the Science Center? They let excess heat escape from the tunnels...
Yewhile the brain drain phenomenon is widespread, it’s far from an absolute rule. For reasons ranging from national loyalty to a distaste for American culture, Harvard students like Prichard are eager to leave. Especially for students from Westernized countries, a Harvard diploma can offer similar advantages at home as in America. According to Courtney S. Kirshner ’79, president of the Harvard Club of Ireland, the College’s 300 alumni living in Ireland and Northern Ireland “are in the highest tiers of their professions. A Harvard diploma gives immediate recognition...
...most international students recognize that there is only so much Harvard can do to address the worst consequences of the brain drain phenomenon. They say the onus should be on foreign governments to take advantage of their students in America and make a return more economically palatable, rather than depending on 22-year-olds to sacrifice personal career opportunities for intangible national benefits they may never be able to take advantage...
Battles over buildings are a recurring phenomenon in the fractious Harvard-Cambridge relationship...
...means of sparking debate; just this past week, Bretton Barber, a 16-year-old high school student in Dearborn Heights, Mich., was sent home for insisting on wearing a T-shirt that labeled President George W. Bush an “international terrorist.” Of course, the phenomenon of clothing-as-speech is not limited to high schools; even adults use their clothing as an ideological shorthand (as Lamar “I’m Wearing This Flannel Shirt to Demonstrate That I’m un Homme du Peuple” Alexander?...