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...Houses seek to realign their budgets for next year, several of the libraries have implemented new policies to reduce personnel or are considering them for the future...
...According to psychologists James Konow and Joseph Earley, income really only provides happiness at the lower levels of the earnings spectrum—when paying for necessities. So MBAs and others who egoistically seek to maximize income as a path to happiness are likely taking the wrong approach. Unethical or immoral behavior as a means to increase income, therefore, is probably not the right way to attain overall happiness either...
...This finding has been described as the “Hedonistic Paradox”, which states that those who seek happiness for their own benefit often find themselves disappointed, whereas those who seek to improve the well-being of others may have a greater likelihood of being happy themselves. Research shows that those who are altruistic and selfless often have higher levels of happiness. Psychologists Ed Diener and Pelin Kesebir write, “Happiness appears to bring out the best in humans, making them more social, more cooperative, and even more ethical.” These findings are consistent...
...reason ROTC remains off campus—Faust did not comment on the controversial policy yesterday. But Whitt did touch on the current absence of ROTC on campus and the reasons behind it, recalling his 1959 Harvard ROTC class of 121 students. He encouraged both Harvard and Congress to seek a compromise on the issue. “I hope the current issues of military matters at Harvard will be resolved and there will be a close connection between Harvard and those in uniform,” Whitt said. —Staff writer Lauren D. Kiel can be reached...
...crisis as a freeing moment in which, since professional expectations are low, they are free to create and imagine a life that does not have a name or an established path. Our society needs many of you, even if at first reluctantly, to look outside established career paths and seek ways to grow while helping our communities and our nation confront serious issues of poverty and prejudice...