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...organizers of the event, said that the event was meant to counteract the fact that at Harvard there is “a lot of focus on law, medicine, i-banking, and consulting.” Last year, a Crimson survey found that 58 percent of Harvard men and 43 percent of women entering the workforce went into the financial sector. Dhaval Chadha ’08, another organizer, said that many of the organizations featured at the Saturday event simply do not have the resources or manpower to compete with the financial institutions and consulting firms that currently have...
...This December, 125 members of the Class of 2010 registered as Government concentrators, a drop from 164 concentrators in the Class of 2009 and dramatically lower than the 236 concentrators in the Class of 2008. In sum, the College’s political scientists have seen a 48 percent decrease in the students who fill their lecture halls and seminar rooms over the last three years, leaving department administrators searching for answers...
...Further confusing administrators is the fact that the concentrations into which students would be expected to fall haven’t seen their numbers increase appreciably. While History has picked up students over the past three years, Economics has lost a few and Social Studies has seen a 14 percent drop, according to figures available through the Harvard College Facebook...
...impotence was proven, his young proponents didn’t change their minds or leave town, but became disillusioned enough not to turn out to polls (how about this?). The end result was a victory for Ahmadinejad and the conservative mullahs in the form of a 62 percent majority—a victory larger and more legitimate than either of his current American counterpart?...
...Quincy House officials and the Resource Efficiency Program, a group that aims to educate students about sustainability. Harvard University Dining Services spokeswoman Crista Martin said that those involved hope that eliminating trays will help achieve a number of environmental and social goals, particularly reducing food waste. More than 25 percent of the food produced in the United States, or 96 billion pounds, goes to waste each year, according to Martin. “With only one plate they will eat a little at a time, and are less likely to waste it,” said Maureen A. Henry...