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There are a lot of people on campus working on a lot of good things, dealing with these issues on a variety of fronts. But most of these people rarely cross paths. Many other people aren't involved in this kind of "everyday politics" because there isn't any institutional support on campus to make that involvement easy. There are plenty of things at Harvard designed to occupy your time in other ways--problem sets, final clubs, football games. But there are not enough activities that bring people together across group affiliations as students who have something to say about...
...worked with rapper the Notorious B.I.G.), Jermaine Dupri (Mariah Carey, Usher), and Lauryn Hill (of the hip-hop band the Fugees). Still, this is Aretha's show. Numbers like the cardiotonic title track urge female self-esteem; another song, the sweetly epiphanous ballad Love Pang, links the everyday chores of life to recollections of romance. Franklin talked with TIME in her hometown of Detroit...
...requirements. The stores offer chemical- and preservative-free foods, organic produce, hormone-free meats, cruelty-free cosmetics and ecologically friendly household products. But unlike the old niche stores, these markets are not ascetic: you can buy beer and wine as well as nonorganic produce, foods with refined sugar, and everyday household cleaners like Windex. The new stores, typically 30,000-plus sq. ft., also feature on-site bakeries and kitchens. The latter offer a wide assortment of meals, including vegetarian repasts...
What do these shifts mean for everyday life at Harvard? They create a disturbing tendency toward complacence and silence. Scraped into the paint of an inner door of the Comstock elevator of Pforzheimer House are the letters "KKK." They have been clearly visible for the last four months. Although some obviously annoyed student scraped over the marks, they are still clearly visible. The elevator needs to be repainted. When this monogram of hate appeared on the walls of Mather three years ago, not only did The Crimson cover the incident, but there was also a forum on race...
...everyday strains of daily life also take their toll on students' bodies. Some haul almost half their body weight in their book bags to and from class each day. Others succumb to e-mail addiction, spending hours glued to the computer screen, feverishly typing. Such repetitive strains can all be eased through massage...