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...engineering and applied science programs, and at the graduate level, this ought to be applauded. There’s no question that the University’s ability to attract the very best engineers to do their work in an innovative, collaborative academic environment (read: Allston) is vital. But so far as undergraduates are concerned, the move may threaten the very foundation of Harvard’s educational philosophy: the liberal arts.At first glance, the creation of the new school seems a positive development for Harvard’s long-suffering undergraduate engineers. If students want to come to Harvard...
...Harvard run. Students see dining hall workers far more frequently than even our professors, and they’re certainly easier to snag for a quick chat or a cup of coffee. The 1,200 comment cards collected by SLAM over the past week is a testament to the vital role that dining hall workers play in the lives of students...
...bridge between 1937 and 1971, and found that an average of 26 years after their suicide attempt, 94% were still alive or had died from natural causes. "When a person is unable to kill himself in a particular way," Seiden wrote, "it may be enough to tip the vital balance from death to life - findings confirm previous observations that suicidal behavior is crisis-oriented and acute in nature." Seiden concluded 28 years ago that "the justification for prevention and intervention such as building a suicide prevention barrier is warranted. And the prognosis for suicide attempters is, on balance, relatively hopeful...
...movie isn't a dry statement of propositions. It's an investigation of complex, flawed, sharply drawn characters. I love the scenes with Chieko: her scenes at the disco, so vital and noisy on the outside, so spookily quiet and eerily illuminated when we are inside Chieko's head. The girl wants someone, anyone, to penetrate the darkness of her silence. Because she can't flirt verbally with men, she reveals herself in the boldest way possible: by her nakedness. It is the oinly way to express what she can offer of herself and, at the same time, revealing...
...Maliki's failure to find acceptable permanent candidates for these vital positions doesn't bode well. And it makes a nonsense of the Prime Minister's promise that he will deliver "an objective timetable" for the withdrawal of U.S.-led coalition forces from Iraq...