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...world that today’s Harvard undergraduates will enter is fast becoming a different one. It is not uncommon to meet American students who feel more at home in Dubai than in Duluth, in Singapore than in Cincinnati. Many of our classmates know all the best places to eat in most Western European capitals, but never set foot inside Waffle House or Applebee’s. They can name the leader of every country in South America, but don’t know who their city councilman...
...present or in charge. To punish officers in these cases makes no sense—it seems like the College is turning to group officers simply because it needs someone to punish. Instead of picking convenient targets, the College should beef up hazing rules, as these more egregious and uncommon violations are the true problem...
...inadequacy. Most of all, I didn’t want anyone to know, so I pretended, even to myself, that I wasn’t depressed and everything was fine. It is not necessary to justify why one is suffering. While I can point to a specific and admittedly uncommon cause for my depression, others are not afforded such a socially acceptable explanation. In March of my senior year of high school, my father died unexpectedly from a massive stroke after heart surgery. My twin sister and I, having lost our mother to cancer when we were 12, worked with...
...Hajj, with sins forgiven, and a well appreciated effort.” I wished him the best on his spiritual journey to Mecca. Last month, Ali came up on Google for the first time, providing a new flood of information. His surname comes from Azerbaijan and he uses an uncommon transliteration into English. He lives in Aleppo, Syria, and runs an ophthalmology practice with three other men. His wife is a professor of engineering and architecture at the University of Aleppo; she often lectures on issues of women’s rights in the Arab world. His office boasts...
...What I was really looking for was an opportunity for students who had exhausted the course selections here at Rindge and Latin to take some courses at Harvard,” Fowler-Finn said. Due to a change in the scheduling system, it is not uncommon for CRLS students to complete their requirements before their senior spring. “I think it’s going to act as a real motivator for kids who are truly interested in pursuing certain subjects and have run out of courses to take at the high school,” Walser said...