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Picking up trash and pulling weeds may not sound terribly posh, but at a growing number of high-end resorts, where rooms often cost $400 or $500 a night, these activities are becoming yet another hotel amenity. One morning you can sleep in and order room service, and the next you can serve breakfast at a soup kitchen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Room Service and a Shovel: The Rise of Voluntourism | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

Last night, HUPD officers brought the long arm of the law to bear over an attempted sleep-out in Tercentenary Theatre. Around 10:15 p.m., protestors were forced to dismantle their tents and head back to more conventional accommodations while policemen stood by. This sort of silly incident should have been avoided—peaceful, respectful protestors harm no one with their decision to sleep in tents outside a freshmen dorm...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: A Cause Worth Sleeping For | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

Also, while Harvard’s officers didn’t hand out any arrests or citations last night, city police might not be so accommodating. Yet students who chose to return to future sleep-outs planned in Boston will have to do so knowing that Harvard’s standard protocol stipulates that any student who is arrested is subject to a six-month mandatory leave and that the university has declined to state whether it would apply the same standard to those arrested while sleeping...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: A Cause Worth Sleeping For | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

...administration already made the poor choice of not allowing students to stage a sleep-out in a controlled environment where there was no risk of lawbreaking—it should not compound one folly with another. This cause in particular is in line with Harvard’s mission, and its supporters should not be needlessly burdened. The administration should refrain from blocking harmless protests and potentially meting out unwarranted punishments and instead show that it agrees that climate change is a cause worth sleeping...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: A Cause Worth Sleeping For | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

After chastising those reporters who had not heeded White House warnings and published leaked speculation about President's Afghan decision, Gibbs admitted that the time change, long flight and lack of sleep might be getting to him. "See, I went cranky on that one," he said, prompting laughter from the press corps. The President is also sure to need patience as the trip progresses, lest he too get cranky at the focus of the international press...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 9/11 Trial Another Distraction for Traveling Obama | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

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