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...administrative talk of lessening the financial burden many students face, Harvard has still been surprisingly resistant to change the status quo in this regard. I am taking two classes this semester which require students to purchase a coursepack (still not available online) in addition to multiple books. The prices for these coursepacks: $203 and $170. Lucky for me, my fantastic parents often reimburse me for my book expenditures. For students, rich and poor, who are paying out of pocket, this is simply unacceptable...

Author: By Jarret A. Zafran | Title: Cooperative Injustice | 9/20/2007 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Bryan C. Barnhill ii, Luke M. Messac, and Tanuj Parikh | Title: We Are All HIV Positive | 9/20/2007 | See Source »

...mind the search and demand and interest of mainland Chinese collectors for important works of Chinese art, especially those of great historical significance," says Kevin Ching, CEO of Sotheby's Asia. For China's wealthy new elite, buying Chinese artifacts from abroad has become a symbol of both status and patriotism. The Lost Cultural Relics Recovery Program even leads trips to auctions and galleries abroad to put Chinese collectors in touch with sellers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ancient Chinese Treasure Recovered | 9/20/2007 | See Source »

...been widely criticized as excessive while also serving as a useful rallying cry for conservative Muslims. Any change would not take place before next spring, at the earliest, but the call forms part of a broader challenge by the current government and its supporters to Turkey's secularist status quo. Speaking to reporters, Erdogan said that the university boards that prevent women in headscarves from studying had no place in students' wardrobes. "It's about freedoms," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turkish PM: End Ban on Headscarves | 9/20/2007 | See Source »

...independence from Syria and will seek to implement U.N. resolutions calling for the disarming of Hizballah, regarded by the U.S. as a terrorist organization. On the other hand, Syria, and its ally Iran, seem to be angling for a weak President who will not challenge Hizballah's armed status and who will oversee the formation of a new coalition government in which the opposition has a greater...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Assassination in Lebanon | 9/19/2007 | See Source »

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