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...recent crunch came when Westerwelle launched a blistering attack on Germany's cherished welfare state, criticizing handouts for the long-term unemployed. Raising welfare benefits smacks of socialism, Westerwelle wrote in the daily Welt newspaper on Feb. 11. "Whoever promises the people effortless prosperity encourages late Roman decadence." The FDP leader went on to argue that those who work should always get more than the unemployed and that young jobless Germans should take up community work like shoveling snow. (Read: "Guido Westerwelle: Angela Merkel's Unlikely Partner...
...This term first appeared in 1996, when the Philadelphia Inquirer noted that Joe Lunardi, a spokesman for St. Joseph's University and a college-hoops junkie, referred to himself as a "bracketologist" when projecting the tournament field. In 2002, ESPN.com featured Lunardi's "bracketology" predictions, and since then the word and Lunardi himself have become as ubiquitous a March presence as inebriated St. Patrick's Day revelers. Dozens of other "experts" have entered the bracketology game, and there's even a website that tracks the performance of the pundits, as if they were evaluating stocks or anything else of consequence...
...fall term the Harvard Republican Club took a trip to the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington D.C. At the conference HRC members met students from around the country, listened to speakers from a multitude of backgrounds, and were able to visit the nation’s capital. The CPAC trip gave a welcome breather from academics, helped to supplement the various government classes being offered at Harvard that many HRC members take, and allowed the HRC members to become better friends...
...Harvard undergraduate, and this is a shame. In the past, the Harvard experience was mainly academic, leaving time for family visits and weekends off. However, today the experience is much more encompassing, and the 24/7 pressure inevitably affects student mental health. To remedy this, students should consider taking short, term-time vacations whenever possible. They are more feasible than many students realize, and the university calendar system provides ample time to recover from them...
Instead, at times when Harvard becomes overwhelming, students should take a short vacation. Harvard truly values travel, as can be clearly seen by the plethora of grants available to undergraduates. However, travel should not be limited to eight weeks over the summer or two weeks over J-Term. Instead, off-campus trips should be seen as a respite from daily life that is beneficial at any time...