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...intellectual freedom butting your head against a brick wall when you could be directing a play or coordinating an inner-city education program? There’s certainly nothing wrong with students pursuing their passions. Harvard’s vibrant extracurricular culture numbers among its most appealing aspects. What??s unfortunate is that self-reliant individuals are simply too busy and too fragmented to acknowledge any sort of collective identity. As a result, there is no student voice to speak of. We have surrendered our role in the decision-making processes of the University, largely oblivious...
...about investment banking careers and the like, as well as my hyperbolic readiness to blame all society’s ills on corporate America. In reality, I am not actually disdainful of my peers, many creative and curious souls, who opt for careers in finance. Here’s what??s really bothering me: I find myself increasingly frustrated, disappointed, and enraged by the extent to which corporate culture and associated sensibilities seem to have permeated Harvard, from the highest University offices to the quietest freshman dorms. Four years here has brought a lot of positive change...
...report suggested this could be due to the shorter waiting times and better appearances of American hospitals. Himmelstein, however, said he believes that American satisfaction stems from what he calls the “Iron Curtain.” “Americans are not allowed to see what??s going on in the rest of the world” for fear that they would demand another system, he said. Himmelstein said that administrative costs accounted for one cent of every dollar spent on healthcare in Canada, but 15 cents for every dollar in America...
...some of the most unique thoughts, people, and experiences in the world. So as my own Harvard career draws to an end, I’ll close with the advice that my time here has taught me: open your eyes while you still have the chance, and really see what??s been around you for four years. Once you do that, you can proudly put on your suit, jump on a plane, or buy books for graduate school to begin to fulfill the legacy of excellence that you nurtured at our dear, imperfect Harvard. Monica M. Clark...
...alien race whose life cycle literally followed Freudian psychology?—and beat it back and forth in a sort of verbal volleyball, going off on tangents, adding new ideas and different points of view, ranging over everything from history to chemistry to religion.”WHAT??S IN A NAME?Scott’s interest in identity blossomed at Harvard, where she says she found the diversity she had been looking for. “She had lots of bright friends [in Arkansas] but [at Harvard] the whole atmosphere wasn’t all about...