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...pass on to the next generation a problem that it can’t fix.” Calling for a “bipartisan, multinational, multi-generational” coalition to address climate change, Browner began her speech by rattling off nearly a dozen numbers to highlight the scope of the problem. Among them were the 36 cubic miles of Arctic ice—an amount equal to 225 times the annual water use of Los Angeles—that melted in the past year, and the 27 tropical storms, including four Category 5 hurricanes, that developed...
...instance, dining hall hours and shuttle schedules impact athletes’ practice-filled schedules dramatically. Academic policies disproportionately affect athletes, as they miss class more frequently than most students to play. From early morning practices to the biggest games of the year, student-athletes experience Harvard in a different scope, and College administrators would be well served to better inform their decisions relating to every aspect of student life...
Even though Gilmour’s literary scope only covers a small portion of this era in history, it is still engaging and informative...
...Afghanistan, which he visited for a week in the summer of 2003 at the invitation of the new government to discuss strategies for rebuilding its infrastructure.But Gordon says the problems there—which even included religious extremists burning down new schools for girls—were beyond the scope of project management.“That’s beyond engineering,” he says. “I’m supposed to be advising on how to stay on budget.”That’s what he hopes to do at Harvard...
Similarly, music director William Lynch, who works for Boston College’s WZBC, says that their station “is hugely insignificant in the scope of the student body. We’re under the radar. The students and administration are not even aware of our existence...