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...inter-faculty committee led by Pforzheimer University Professor Sidney Verba ’53 in 2004 endorsed calendar reform by an 18 to 1 margin. Undergraduates would also benefit from the added coordination: cross-registration at other Harvard schools would be less of a burden, and it would be easier for members of other faculties to teach courses at the College. That’s not to say there is no opposition to calendar reform. Many faculty members like the current calendar. Some point out that it’s nice to have a large chunk of time in January...
...contrition cycle has become so familiar. You blurt. You deny. You apologize. You visit the rehab center or speak with the Official Minority Spokesperson of your choice and go on with your life. Although - or maybe because - it's so easy to get caught today, it's also easier to get forgiven. In 1988 Jimmy (the Greek) Snyder was fired by CBS for saying black athletes were "bred" to be better than whites. In 1996 CBS golf analyst Ben Wright was suspended indefinitely after he was quoted as saying that lesbians had hurt the sport...
...years ago, demonstrating that anti-idiotype antibodies could be produced in a laboratory and used to create a vaccine for humans that would trigger an immune response. In 1999 Kwak, then working at the National Institutes of Health (nih), modified the vaccine in a way that makes it easier for the immune system to recognize. His results were striking: the vaccine eliminated the residual tumor cells left after chemotherapy in 15 of his 20 patients. Now Bendandi, who worked with Kwak at the nih, has erected what he calls "the third pillar" of customized therapy by demonstrating that the vaccine...
...helpfulness of using mental health resources for all kinds of situations. Assigning mental health clinicians to freshmen like primary care physicians and requiring a check-in during freshman year could go a long way toward dispelling rumors about what it means to use mental health resources, and make it easier for students to make their first contact. Peer counseling groups should be allowed to present to proctor groups (permitted until the Class of 2007 were freshmen) to describe peer counseling and to give peer counseling groups a chance to explain why people call. Educating tutors about which resources are available...
Gong said that calendar reform would allow international students to enjoy more extensive breaks despite long travel times, and it would become easier to apply on time for H1-B work visas...