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...Negroponte, their first English word is “Google.” “I see this as a powerful tool that could transform education in developing countries,” said Calestous Juma, a professor at the Kennedy School of Government, who is also a member of the OLPC Board of Directors. Juma said he believed yesterday’s event was a chance for Harvard students to get behind the movement of using technology to improve conditions in impoverished countries. “I think an interesting outcome of this event would...
Around 40 students gathered for an early interfaith Thanksgiving dinner at Hillel last night. The meal, a joint effort by Hillel and the Catholic Student Association, also drew members from Harvard Baha’i Association, the Latter-day Saints Student Association, the Harvard College Buddhist Community, and the Harvard Islamic Society. Chef Brian’s kosher vegetable stuffing was a favorite among diners, who also chose from an array of holiday staples like butternut squash, mashed potatoes, and cranberry sauce. One student, Kamille C. Washington ’10, said that she especially appreciated that kosher foods tend...
...Harvard, polo is not an elitist sport. Money or experience is not a limiting factor if you have the dedication,” team member J.P. Stilz ’11 said. “I think there is nothing less elitist than cleaning up horse crap...
...harder truth is that Clinton's options as a Senator are limited, at least in the immediate future. In that chamber, she is just one of many presidential also-rans and a relatively junior member of an institution where power and advancement require seniority. Shortly after the election, she lobbied Health Committee chairman Edward Kennedy and majority leader Harry Reid to create a health-reform subcommittee for her to chair and was turned down. Her consolation prize - to head one of three ad hoc task forces that Kennedy has created - would not allow her to put much of a stamp...
...SOFA, passed by Maliki's cabinet last weekend, needs to be approved by the 275-member parliament. Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the country's most important Shi'ite cleric, has said any deal with the U.S. must be passed by a big majority in order to be truly legitimate in the eyes of the people. That seems unlikely. If the Sunni-Sadrist-secular alliance can break off a few MPs from Maliki's own Shi'ite-Kurdish block, they may even be able to defeat the proposition...