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Mahmoud A. Youssef ’05, who coordinates freshman week for the Crimson Key society, says a capella conveys a unique “spirit and tradition” to the incoming freshmen...
Meanwhile, a number of new bands are looking to start their careers at Harvard this year, infusing the local scene with an as-yet undeterred spirit...
Keeping that generous public spirit in mind, I’d like pose a problem which we, as a University community, can help to correct. Most people in the world do not have access to the medicines they need. In Africa, for example, less than one percent of the 4.1 million HIV positive individuals currently in need of treatment actually receive it. Most of the other 99 percent simply cannot afford the drugs. But universities like Harvard can help to keep drug prices down in developing countries, if they adopt the right policies...
...this fair? Westerfield thinks so. “Athletes add to the University with school spirit and entertainment,” he says. “Who’s to say what’s more important?” But about 20,000 kids will apply to Harvard this year, thousands of whom never saw a 1,300 on their first practice test, and few appreciate being passed over for a defensive lineman who could barely get into Cornell if he didn’t play football. An increasingly vocal set of critics think that traditional academic considerations...
...seek to enhance public understanding and appreciation of the natural world and the human place in it, sparking curiosity and a spirit of discovery in people of all ages,” Lovejoy said...