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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...millennium came with its decade of birth pangs, they reason, but the grass will be greener soon enough; for now, at least, it makes sense to bunker down at a non-profit or graduate program and play it cool for a while. And that’s just fine. Constant disappointment, however, is always the greatest test of faith. Another few years of this, and even the most ardent believer may find himself a hard-bitten atheist...

Author: By Jessica A. Sequeira | Title: Looking On the Bright Side | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

...attend Harvard. No matter what type of life Harvard students are coming from, their health must be supported. This year proved that Harvard University Health services are capable of both handling a crisis well, but also cutting back on necessary services. UHS handled the Swine Flu scare adequately with constant notifications and small steps to prevent infection. It wasn’t so adept at handling sexual health, however, as Harvard ended of anonymous HIV testing program. In a peculiar move the University moved backwards in its support of sexual health and awareness. The question of recognition for the Harvard...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Painful Prioritizing | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

...Sure, most of us would not seek to go to a school where ideological diversity is completely maximized. It is unpleasant to face constant disagreement, and college is supposed to provide more than challenging conversations. Even so, it’s a shame that it’s so easy to live on campus for months or even years without really experiencing what psychologists call cognitive dissonance, the feeling of holding two contradictory ideas at the same time. While questioning our positions generally feels unnatural, few things are as essential. I sincerely hope that after four years here, we will...

Author: By Jan Zilinsky | Title: Planet Harvard | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

...truth that became apparent in my own year-long experience as The Crimson’s leader. Our institution is but a microcosm of the one that I have just become an alumnus of, but even on a small scale, it is clear that constant, entitled self-marginalization and victimhood weakens one’s ability to make the very reforms that may be the necessary and right thing...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn | Title: Restrained Contentment | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

...sometimes, life can be a microcosm of sports, too. When a kid loses both parents, lives an adolescence defined by constant change, and uses his naivety to break down the barriers of segregation, we assign to him the most fundamental tenets of sport: winner, champion, victor...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: PARTING SHOT: Sport and Literature Provide Lasting Life Lessons | 5/30/2009 | See Source »

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