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...language of upward mobility: "The highly visible rise of the outsourcing sector has helped transform Indian attitudes toward the English language. English is emerging as the language of aspiration for the Indian population - as a passport to a lucrative job and entry into the country's growing middle class. A friend of mine is an entrepreneur who runs Corner House, a popular Bangalore ice cream and sundae parlor. He told me resigningly that he had taught his staff some English so that they would be able to take orders and they left him to join a BPO company...
...Bradford Washburn, Jr. ’33. Kevin F. Jones ’09, the current president of the mountaineering club, said that the idea to host Arnold came from club member Eliza A. Lehner ’11, who wrote a paper on his exhibition for a class. Karen A. McKinnon ’10, the EAC president, said that they immediately agreed to co-host the event. “Such visuals usually have a great impact on those who are outdoors-y and love the environment,” she said. Arnold, Harvard’s first...
...Class of 2012 is obviously much less emotionally involved than the rest of us are. Either that, or housing has somehow become less of a Big Deal...
...course has tried to do from the beginning. Martin added that his course will change next year, but not because of Gen Ed. He said that it is the nature of the course, which deals with energy production and pollution issues, to always be adapting. This recent set of class approvals has allowed professors of departmental courses to seek bigger and more diverse student audiences and Core class professors to continue with their carefully cultivated courses, and Calareso said she is unsure how many future Gen Ed proposals will be entirely new. “We certainly would like...
...Harvard’s world-renowned literary and artistic collections.DON’T GO, ROTHKOSince it’s introduction in the 1920s, art conservation at Harvard has come a long way, and it has helped damaged pieces of art extend their display shelf lifetimes. Edward Waldo Forbes (Class of 1895), who served as the second director of the Fogg from 1909 to 1944, worked laboriously to create and expand the Center for Conservation and Technical Studies—the first of its kind in the United States. He spearheaded the use of x-rays to analyze and authenticate...