Word: shirtful
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You’ve seen him, dressed in his “Elm Yard ‘11” shirt, walking to the ’Berg with eighteen of his best friends. You’ve heard him, boasting about the 1.5 shots that he totally downed the previous night before the proctor showed up. But how well do you really know The Freshman? Feeling just a little creepy, FM caught up with the Facebook profiles of the class of 2011 in order to get a better feel for the newest residents of Harvard Yard. 1. Fifteen Minutes...
...this week is during The Game.It’s easy to laugh at freshmen for their enthusiasm. After all, they haven’t even spent two weeks at Harvard. They don’t know that people don’t wear Harvard t-shirts unless they got them for free, that our rivalry with Yale is more a once-a-year event than a way of life, and that upperclassmen find overt displays of excitement confusing, not contagious. But what does it mean that the people who know Harvard the least seem to love it the best...
...fact, the T-shirt compels us to ponder why, 25 years after the disease was first publicized and 11 years after the discovery of life-saving treatment, millions the world over still bear the burden of infection alone and without hope. It forces us to consider how the global response to one of the greatest crises of our time has remained so tepid that each year the pandemic continues to claim five million new infections and three million more lives...
...POSITIVE” T-shirt, then, is an intentionally provocative rebuke to inaction. It battles the silence, apathy, and stigma that impede awareness, prevention, and treatment measures. Today, it is an internationally recognized symbol worn by people who are HIV-positive and HIV-negative alike, including renowned figures such as Nelson Mandela. In a bold display of solidarity, the wearer proclaims the need for each of us to act “positively” to fight the pandemic regardless of our HIV status...
This week, each of us has the opportunity to take “positive” action against HIV/AIDS. Over the next few days, you may spot classmates and friends wearing an “HIV POSITIVE” shirt as part of a fundraising and awareness effort titled “Step it Up.” We wear these shirts for the same reason as our compatriots in South Africa: We feel positive about our ability to make a tangible impact in the fight against the pandemic. We realize, in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King...