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December 26 was as a dark day for mankind. Without hyperbole, it stands out as one of the great tragedies of history. By now all are at least passingly familiar with the tsunami disaster that has consumed South Asia for the past two weeks. But many have conveniently repressed some of the more disturbing images while at the same time underestimating the sheer amount of human misery...
Like the world as a whole, the Harvard community has risen to the occasion. A group of students led by Rashmi J. Singh ’05 have already founded an organization, the Harvard University Tsunami Relief Effort, to aid the victims of this disaster. Another student group, the South Asian Association, has announced a host of major efforts aimed at raising funds for the victims. We applaud these, and other, student groups who will take time during a busy reading period to help those in such grave need...
Lending its vast resources to a suffering region, Harvard will match student and employee donations up to $100 a person for the disaster relief effort in nations ravaged by last month’s tsunami, University President Lawrence H. Summers announced yesterday...
Mridula S. Raman ’06, co-president of the South Asian Association, was still waiting to hear from relatives from Tamil Nadu until Dec. 31, the Indian state hit hardest by the tsunami. In India, over 8,000 have been reported missing...
...tsunami quickly did away with those plans,” Toomey wrote in an e-mail from India. “Strange to think that we were two days removed from being on that beach...