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...lobby congress to accept refugees in America, to impose sanctions, or even to take military action. Some of these courses of action have downsides, but they should be our primary considerations, not the symbolic gesture of divestment. Lack of awareness is no longer a problem; a lack of progress is. Advocating for policies that do nothing but engender more advocacy is an empty form of activism...
...sustainable dinner” prepared by Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) and served in dining halls across campus. This non-traditional meal represents the end-goal of Harvard’s attempts to prioritize sustainable eating. However, like President Faust’s installation ceremony, these attempts to progress toward sustainability remain largely symbolic. For widespread change to occur on campus, students need to voice strong desire for local, seasonal, and organic produce...
...Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, who made an emergency stop in Bali, that negotiations got kick started. The South Korean, in office for less than a year, is known as diplomatic even by UN standards, but he arrived without mincing words. "Frankly, I am disappointed at the lack of progress," said Ban to a packed audience. "Seize the moment, this moment, for the good of all humanity...
...will be a tough act to follow,” he said.After stepping down, Skocpol said she will go on leave to work on the projects she was unable to address during her tenure as GSAS dean—one of which will be following the progress of the Patriots as they make their Superbowl bid, she said with a laugh.And Skocpol had a few words of advice for her successor on Sunday.“You better be able to work hard and you better be able to handle data and making presentations to lots of audiences...
...Gore, it was time to utter a new inconvenient truth that diplomatic niceties precluded others from telling: "My own country, the United States, is principally responsible for obstructing progress here," he told a packed audience at the U.N. climate change summit in Bali. "We all know that...