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...those looking to do the most good, most notably Harvard Law School (HLS) and the Kennedy School of Government (KSG), students often choose the easier, more visible road to immediate monetary success.HLS and the KSG have both taken measures in recent years in an attempt to reverse the trend, but it is not yet clear whether these steps will be enough to stop students from moving away from jobs whose primary appeal is helping society. Indeed, as experience shows, it is difficult to lure students away from the so-called “sell-out” track.STICKING...
...trend has spread: At least 10 U.S. cities have considered or passed some form of ban on the innocent polyethylene bag, from Oakland to Boston, Annapolis to Portland. And, in an effort to seem green, government ministers from England to Australia have promised to wage war on plastic. Reportedly, plastic bags clog up landfills and kill fish; they guzzle oil and energy; they decay far slower than other waste and are difficult to recycle. In fact, the bans are a case of style over substance: Plastic bags are relatively harmless in environmental terms, and where they are a problem...
...spring runways at Dries Van Noten, Prada and Dolce & Gabbana might evoke a trip to the lush gardens of Giverny or Tahiti. Or they could appear to be the result of a completely different kind of psychedelic trip. But to those in the know?designers, fabric-mill owners and trend spotters?the plethora of prints this season summons something much closer to home: Ratti, the fabric and printmaking house based in Como, Italy...
...Last Tuesday, FAS Dean Michael D. Smith hoped to lower that threshold to an eighth for future meetings. Unfortunately, he couldn’t get a sixth that one last time to make the change official. FAS meetings may become a farce if this trend continues: 70 to 100 faculty members will meet for afternoon tea in University Hall, discuss a few agenda items, raise their hands to vote, and then realize that nothing they have said or done has any power because quorum has not been reached...
...constructive feedback. Given Harvard’s reputation for bureaucracy, it is nothing short of miraculous that HUDS has asked students how it could serve them better. The College administration has an unfortunate tradition of opaque decision-making that has made undergraduates understandably cynical. HUDS, though, has bucked this trend and seems genuinely concerned with students’ beefs against it. Such accessibility seems to come around once in a blue moon at Harvard—and that is a big reason why we should seize upon it. Efforts like HUDS’ should always be rewarded with a receptive...