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...with their demands. Or until they get really, really hungry and have to stop. The coalition’s hunger strike—which, according to participants, is distinct from a “death strike” in that none of them are prepared to die for their cause??is a response to some questionable labor practices by Harvard University that may have violated the Wage and Benefits Parity Policy (WBPP) that the University agreed to in 2001. The WBPP requires Harvard to employ workers through private contractors at comparable wages and benefits to those given...
...Take the recently formed and oft-cited Harvard student group, True Love Revolution. The group seeks to promote premarital abstinence among Harvard students and to provide a support network for its members. Never mind True Love Revolution’s cause??if someone wishes to save coitus for the marriage bed, then she certainly may and should. What is curious about True Love Revolution, however, is its premise...
...encounter. At 17—the age at which Alex Arredondo made the fateful decision to join the Marines—my toughest decision was whether or not to play hookey from school. I can’t imagine signing a declaration of my willingness to die for any cause??political views on Iraq aside. At 19, as I ponder my current toughest decisions—whether to take a class with one Nobel laureate or another—I hope that something I’m learning here will prepare me for the kind of decisions...
...issue that we are cautious: Proponents of the ballot should cease their well-meaning campaign to push for a vague measure simply on the grounds that it will “send the right message.” In doing so, the EAC undermines the credibility of its own cause??and the likelihood of actually finding a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 11 percent...
...upgrades like a new Web site, and a newly-conceived comp process.Epstein praises the new events. “The introduction of Comedy for a Cause, Harvard Live, and Yardfest are an attempt at diversification of the HCC’s operations,” she says.Comedy for a Cause??a stand-up comedy show originally intended as a one-time event in cooperation with the Earthquake Relief Coalition—was a large success last year, and the HCC decided to bring it back as an annual event.Held again this October, the event was a complete sellout...