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...said. Samantha Power, the moderator and formerly the founding executive director of the Carr Center for Human Rights, which co-sponsored the event, said that a “leadership vacuum” existed in Washington that made books like Eggers’ even more vital to spurring action. She said that “What is the What” was ideal for informing people about the horrors of the genocide in Darfur, whereas her own 2002 book, “A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide,” was geared more toward those...
...According to the National Sleep Foundation, college-age students should be sleeping between seven and nine hours each night. Sleep is vital as it allows the body to physically repair tissues as well as effectively process thoughts and memories. In order for these processes to work frequently and effectively, sleep must be regularly scheduled and tied somewhat to the patterns of natural light; varying sleeping and waking times by more than two hours a night—the nearly universal practice of sleeping in on weekends—can lead to clinical anxiety issues...
...know the facts. Sufficient, regular sleep is a vital part of life. Chronic sleep deprivation can never be a means to our ends. Well-rested, we might even be able rejuvenate much of the Harvard experience and our lives. Lectures would feel more stimulating, our papers would be more refined, and our conversations with friends would better remembered. We would look, feel, and act better in every sense of the word. And all we have to do is to dream it, eight hours a night. Paul G. Nauert ’09, a Crimson editorial editor, is a social studies...
What concerns us is that not enough of you, at Harvard and elsewhere, will spend your twenties and thirties doing the vibrant and vital work required of every rising generation to advance civilization—be it teaching, producing great works of art, challenging injustice, or defending our nation—simply because these jobs do not pay enough...
...look at the gay liberation movement, it’s essentially been a white middle class movement, and because of that it has not dealt with issues that are vital to lesbian, gay, and transsexual people of color,” said Bronski, who gave a lecture entitled “The Queer Movement and Race” in the series’ opening event on Monday night...