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Harvard’s activities this month—organized by the Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response, Harvard Men Against Rape, and the peer counseling group Response—will feature a series of events on topics ranging from date rape to the media’s construction of masculinity and ending with a candlelight vigil where sexual assault survivors can share their stories and find support from the community...
...UNICEF India's Chief of Health, Henri van den Hombergh, points out that local women's groups should not be taken as a substitute for institutions where professional care is available to sick newborns. But, he says, "peer influencing" of the type that goes on at these meetings - relating to commonsensical practices, like hand washing and good hygiene - certainly helps. "The neonate is too cold because the baby isn't wrapped well; the baby isn't getting enough breast milk; the baby is showing signs of infection. These three simple things are the underlying causes of the majority...
...Harvard students affect more than just our peers here; we affect the general public. What about the tourists? I don’t know about you, but nothing wakes me up more than seeing a tourist peer into my window at 10 in the morning when I’m half dressed. In their innocent quest to get the “inside scoop” on Harvard, tourists often get much more than they bargained...
...occupies a unique space on campus, considering that comparable government departments at Harvard’s peer institutions will often take the role of hosting government officials when they arrive on campus, according to Welch...
...Yeah, I was able to make many lasting friendships while I was here. I believe that what was really incredible about the class that I came in with, as well as the other students at the College, was that they accepted me as a peer and so they made it very easy to fit right in as just another student...