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Student activists went bananas for fair trade foods at the week-long IMPACT summit hosted by the Harvard International Development Organization (HIDO), a group that targets global poverty. A fair trade expo in Boyslton Hall’s Ticknor Lounge featured demonstrations by artists from the Peruvian Textile Group, who were selling handcrafted scarves, bags, and rugs. An array of fair trade foods, including banana chips, chocolate fondue, and coffee, were offered free to students ripe for a better world. The summit, which ends tomorrow night, is HIDO’s first campus-wide event to confront issues of international...
Even a one-spot disadvantage in the rankings can intimidate an opponent. But for the Harvard women’s swimming and diving team, not even that could stop it.The No. 25 Crimson (8-0, 5-0 Ivy) had only just returned from an intensive week-long training trip in Aruba and Hawaii but was ready to battle it out with No. 24 Rutgers (3-1, 2-0 Big East), defeating the Scarlet Knights on Friday by a score of 150-149.“We knew that they were going to give us a lot of competition...
...indigenous people living in the Arctic, are very familiar with the animals. Nweeia, who also has a full-time dental practice in Connecticut, said he pursued research of the narwhal’s tusk “out of pure childlike curiosity.” During his first week-long trip to the Arctic, Nweeia spent a week alone with an Inuit guide. On his second trip to the Arctic, he brought his friend and experienced photographer, Joseph Meehan. Teams of scientists from Canada, Denmark, and the United States accompanied him on his last two trips. On the fourth...
...After a week-long delay, the Cambridge License Commission (CLC) ruled on disciplinary action for Harvard Square restaurant Felipe’s Taqueria yesterday, slapping it with a non-consecutive, two-day suspension for multiple license violations. This suspension will force Felipe’s to close on two days that it would not regularly be closed, so the restaurant could not serve the suspension on Christmas or New Year’s Day. However, since Felipe’s co-owners Tom Brush and Felipe Herrera can schedule—without interference from the CLC?...
...European students working with me and I felt it was unfortunate that Harvard students could not participate. I was delighted when I heard about this. As a Harvard professor, I like it when nice things happen to Harvard students.” The Committee lacked funds to sponsor the week-long field trips proposed by some professors, but one grant offered students the chance to study human rights at Harvard and then apply their knowledge abroad. “We plan on doing this again in the spring, but will give our colleagues a little more advanced notice...