Word: problemã
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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This is a dangerous time for Harvard. We are faced with the opportunity to finally cure a disease that has attacked our University’s system for far too long. The right cure would strike at the root of the problem??not just its current symptoms. Only a sadistic doctor would instruct his tuberculosis patient to stop antibiotic treatment as soon as the disease’s symptoms have subsided. Partial treatment of tuberculosis allows for much more virulent, life-threatening strains to emerge years later. Likewise, a solution that reduces the symptoms of today?...
...that, unfortunately, is the problem??the band’s U.S. debut, Detonator, fails to distinguish itself from the current glut of angry, amorphous Screamo available to the angst-ridden. Bleachmobile’s music is by no means bad—they are solid musicians and adopt convincing hooks reminiscent of Rodan, power-violence band Charles Bronson and the Bloody Mannequin Orchestra—but little is memorable on their 23 minute opus...
...their time and energy to the cause, so I don’t mean to diminish the import of what it is they are trying to do. What I do mean is that the rally failed to move me, to strike effectively and powerfully at the heart of the problem??that a group of people who so diligently serve this university are denied full membership in its community...
...problem with this kind of activism is that it breeds passivity. Even if we do achieve a living wage, we are still left with a much more insidious problem??a service-oriented attitude. We expect that our dishes will be clean, that the puddle of vomit that appeared on the stairwell Saturday night will be gone by Monday morning, that getting five glasses of water is more efficient than refilling one. The dishwasher, chef and janitor may be getting a few dollars more on their checks, but has our community become more inclusive, its membership more complete...
...response to intense scrutiny from the Harvard Faculty and the national media, the University will release a report today calling grade inflation a “serious problem?? at Harvard but promising no immediate change...