Word: ruralization
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...voting red. Ideals are nice, but they ain’t gonna pay for the new Porsche. Granted, this view has a strong basis in fact. The Republican Party does support policies that help the rich. And rich people are smart—they know their own interests. Poor rural folk may be voting against their economic interests because of God, guns, and gays, but rich people aren’t fooled by the social issues; they know their economic interests, and they vote them...
...dynamic, get-you-to-literally-stand-up-out-of-your-chair, musical whirlwind is about young, energetic protagonist Ren (Kevin Barlowski) who moves out of the city with his monther to a rural town that has outlawed dancing. So what does this little revolutionary sparkplug do? He puts on a dance, much to the chagrin of the uptight Reverend Moore (Sean P. Bala ’09), but to the delight of the Reverend’s daughter and his own love interest Ariel (Sarah-Jayne Blackmore...
...over, billy goat—yak is the new black for cashmere-style sweaters.While their Kennedy School classmates head off to jobs at the United Nations and on Capitol Hill, Carol Chyau and Marie So will launch an enterprise that will bring “Yashmere” from rural China to Western wardrobes.Chyau and So are hatching plans to convert the soft, cashmere-like yak down fiber from the Yunnan Province into high-quality yarn sold on the international knitters’ market.The two students say they want to use innovative business solutions to tackle development challenges. To improve...
...this great cause, but our future work to end global suffering is even more important. After all, the most efficient way to keep immigrants from invading a country is to give them a reason to stay in the areas from which they come. Tomorrow, I return to the rural south pacific coast of Guatemala to do just that for a family, and I hope that others will do likewise. Kyle A. de Beausset ’08, a Crimson editorial editor, is a environmental science and public policy concentrator in Leverett House. He runs the “Immigration Orange?...
...hear Presley Professor of Social Medicine Paul Farmer discuss his pioneering model for treating infectious diseases in developing countries. A captivated audience listened as Farmer, an internationally acclaimed physician and public health activist, explained how his HIV Equity Initiative is expanding its prevention and care programs to impoverished rural communities to Rwanda. The intiative, which is part of Farmer’s “Partners in Health” charity, was the first program in the world to offer free antiretroviral therapy and has been active in Haiti since 1987. More than five percent of the adults in Rwanda...