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...companies have claimed to use it as such. In an effort to teach young people how to manage money, Wells Fargo & Co. created an amusement park island on Second Life in 2005 where users could withdraw money from ATMs. Underlying this supposedly instructive intent, was, of course, Wells Fargo product placement. Overemphasis on profit and self-interest is indicative of larger problems in Second Life...
...fruits of its growth are apparent. Yet all this new growth sprouts from a deeply rooted source: a culture of inclusion and openness as could be fostered only by a truly international organization.FIP REFUGEERebecca R. Gong ’08, Woodbridge’s incoming president, is a product of that culture. Born in America, and educated in China, Gong’s American citizenship prevented her from participating in Harvard’s Freshman International Program (FIP). Tackling the issues that immediately face students from a foreign country, FIP helps internationals obtain social security numbers, bank accounts, and cell...
...call one day from a customer named Doris Athineos," says Robin Brown, who, along with his wife Anna Cirronis, a makeup artist and certified aromatherapist, makes Erbaviva, an organic bath and body line of 90 natural, chemical-free products sold in 20 countries. "She was using our baby massage oil on her daughter, whom she adopted from Africa, and thought, Isn't she lucky to be getting this massage with such a beautiful product, and what about the other babies left behind...
...significantly less expensive than its higher-end counterpart. And the money donated to the WWO from Erbaorganics will be devoted to the psychological and medical needs of orphans in places like Serbia, Vietnam, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan and Ethiopia. "People approach us all the time trying to affiliate their product with our organization," says Aronson, who gave her personal stamp of approval to the brand. "Erbaviva was a great...
This problem goes far beyond the realm of the curricular review. It is the product of an irony-soaked campus culture that all too often spurns simple, earnest patriotism in favor of suave, detached cosmopolitanism...