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...neglecting, however, the most simple, rational, and cost-efficient treatment of all—time off from school. One can sadly only guess at what the Harvard student body’s brainpower could do given freedom in the winter wonderlands Cambridge skies cook up for them. Snow forts with n+1 housing? Intramural snowball fights at an A, B, and C level? All of these questions go unanswered when the Severs and Biolabs and Barker Centers of the campus remain open...
College for many is about learning to live in a new environment and culture, and our current lack of snow days does an unsatisfactory job of introducing students from warmer climates the institution of the snow day. We expect students from Los Angeles, Florida, and other warm spots to take on the harshness of our winters yet do not allow them the benefit of cancellations that are pillars of elementary and high-school education in New England...
...faculty may be lucky enough to reside in Cambridge, but what about those who have built their nests further out, with houses in Newton, flats in Peabody, and apartments in Winchester? Instead of having a day full of delays, distractions, and slush in the hallways, Harvard should make its snow day policy more lenient for convenience, peace of mind, and respect of a New England staple...
...Harvard bubble may insulate us from local and national politics, outside culture, and perhaps even the economic crisis, but it cannot protect us from the snow...
...Gaza in 2009, Israel's political position would be further weakened by another war, even if the Syrian military is no match for Israel's in a head-to-head clash. No doubt Syrian generals have been studying Hamas' and Hizballah's tactics very carefully and watching as the snow melts in Majdal Shams...