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...celebration, students meandered through booths offering everything from samples of sustainable foods to tutorials on carbon trading. The interest in environmental causes was widespread and palpable...
...program that would waive tuition for third-year students at Harvard Law School who commit to working five years in public interest law received an enthusiastic first response—far more so than its optimistic proponents expected. Over 110 first-year students participated in a non-binding sign-up for the Public Service Initiative at a banquet earlier this month—50 percent over the targeted number, according to Law School Dean Elena Kagan. The graduating class of 2011 will be the first class eligible to have the full amount of third-year tuition waived under the program...
...raise consciousness,” but rather a heightened sense of personal and collective responsibility. In today’s society, where the cult of the individual has amassed countless votaries, every moral or virtue comes expressed in self-actualizing language: We talk ceaselessly about human rights and self-interest and our “hope” to “change” the world. But seldom do we pause to reflect upon our duties—both to ourselves and our neighbors...
...site of the Massachusetts Animal Interest Coalition (MAIC), a group established to oppose the passage of ballot Question 3—which would ban gambling on dog races across the state —presents a number of arguments against the initiative. It reminds readers of the thousand jobs tied to dog racing within state borders, disputes the claim that dogs are mistreated under current sport regulations and cites a rate of fatality below one percent for the state’s 2066 racing greyhounds in the past calendar year. With a few exceptions, the many arguments advanced by MAIC...
...structure intended to focus on bringing alums back to campus to provide current undergraduates with networking opportunities. Grace C. Hou ’06, secretary of PBHA-A, said the weekend emphasized the goals of the alumni organization to promote professional networking and public service and public interest opportunities, especially in light of the current economic crisis. “We want to help students pursue what [the Office of Career Services] calls alternative careers,” Hou said. PBHA alumni discussed this kind of work in public service in a panel on Saturday afternoon. All the panelists described...