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...Harvard created a program for international students who would otherwise qualify for FWSP, in which 70 percent of students’ wages were supplemented, greater equality could be reached. Harvard could force campus employers to treat job applicants equally if they were eligible for FWSP or Harvard’s equivalent. Summer employment would still be an issue, as FWSP has opportunities across the country and pays 60 percent of the summer wage, but it would still be an improvement to the current system...
...reasons for cutting deals with both the insurgents in Fallujah and the Sadrists at Najaf and elsewhere is that the essential requirement of the U.S. for the June 30 handover is a modicum of calm. If Coalition forces wage battles of the type that have raged in Baghdad's Shiite slums and across the south in recent weeks, Iraqis will have a hard time believing that anything has changed with the hand-over. U.S. officers running the war on the ground appear to have concluded some time ago that it is unrealistic to imagine that the insurgents can be eliminated...
...with Vietnam, rich men wage the war and poor boys fight...
...carved out a niche among consumers in the United States who are dedicated to buying socially responsible fruit. Fairtrade Labeling Organizations International (FLO), the certifier behind all Fair Trade products, ensures that all the small farms and plantations from which it buys bananas give their workers a fair, living wage and grow bananas without pesticides, using safe environmental practices. It passes the extra costs on to consumers...
...however, is address student demand. FLO exists because there are consumers in the world who are willing to pay more for the peace of mind caused by the knowledge that the products they buy are produced responsibly. Harvard students should make a stand for sustainable development, a living wage and workers’ rights in banana-growing Third World countries by demanding Fair Trade bananas. Just as Harvard’s adoption of Fair Trade coffee spurred other colleges to do the same, our adoption of Fair Trade bananas could have a huge effect on widening Fair Trade?...