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...what Robin Mount, interim director of the Office of Career Services, is calling the organization’s newfound partnership with the Office of International Programs—which was spun off from OCS in 2002 to highlight international programs. This fall, the OIP moved for the second time in roughly a year to be near their larger counterpart, a shift administrators say is intended to increase coordination between the offices’ offerings for undergraduates by creating shared office space, joint events, and further collaborating in their online efforts. Administrators said the changes stem from a growth in responsibilities...
...Steve Farrell lamentably did not have the necessary “fear,” or the common sense, to recognize the dangerous situation in which he placed himself and Munadi. Farrell and Munadi’s kidnapping was the second kidnapping of a New York Times reporter in one year. Such kidnappings usually occur in outlying provinces such as Kunduz (although kidnappings in and around Kabul do occur). Also, the Taliban often kidnap for ideological reasons, valuing Western journalists, whereas criminals might target wealthy businessmen. The situation in Afghanistan, and increasingly in the north, is becoming extremely unstable...
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...returned to India this past summer, four years after my first, fleeting glance at a Varma painting, in a cliched attempt to reconnect with my roots. (The journey of self-discovery included a trip to the Government Museum.) At the same time, New York Times columnist and similarly second-generation immigrant Anand Giridharadas was completing a four-year tour of the country. Determined to steal my thunder, Giridharadas wrote about a transformation of the Indian population’s psyche. “They don’t crave our mayonnaise and khakis anymore... Indian accents are now cooler than...
Sometimes you just have to bring out the big guns.Down 18-10 in the third frame of its contest against Holy Cross, the Harvard women’s volleyball (4-7) team needed a serious boost to regain its momentum and avoid dropping its second frame in a row.Enter sophomore Anne Carroll Ingersoll. The 6’2” outside hitter walked onto the court of the Malkin Athletic Center for the first time in the game and immediately dropped two kills. From there, Ingersoll helped catalyze a crescendo in her team’s play that eventually...