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...some, October means the changing colors of falling leaves on the trees of the Yard. But for Harvardians without the willpower to do a problem set on a Sunday, October means something quite different: Oktoberfest! FM lists its fifteen favorite things about the undercelebrated holiday. 1. Convenience. Oktoberfest fun takes care of pre-gaming for the night. 2. The celebration in the Square concentrates tourists into one place, so they can trip over each other for a change. 3. One can jaywalk across JFK without getting hit by a Masshole driver. 4. Beer. 5. One can jaywalk across JFK while...
...sink in a little hole-in-the-wall bathroom, and the woman working there was like, ‘Yeah, I don’t really drink this water,’” he says. Although changing the water pipes would be a permanent solution to the problem of lead contamination, Hamburg was hesitant to support this plan unconditionally. “You have to be careful that you’re not swatting at gnats while you’re being trampled by elephants,” he says. “There are some things that...
...Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich argued that such donations are not to “real charities” because they do not directly serve the poor. Consequently, he argued, donors should not get a full tax deduction. This criticism, however, is a red herring for the real problem: that the government unjustly subsidizes charitable contributions by the rich. This is because the federal government allows donors to deduct charitable contributions from their taxable income. The rich, who face a 35 percent federal tax on each additional dollar, essentially get a 35 cent tax rebate on every dollar they...
...Reich claims he is concerned about poverty. But it is an educated person who is statistically less likely to ever become poor or dependent on welfare. Reich editorializes against inequality (“America’s very rich are richer than ever”) but after naming the problem, he rejects a proven solution. Higher education is key to social mobility, and more donations have allowed colleges to afford financial aid initiatives. A decrease in donations received due to tax considerations would only hurt lower- and middle-class families...
...died during the Boston Marathon three years ago, it wasn't lack of water that felled her. It was too much water. A study in last week's New England Journal of Medicine found that an alarming number of runners and other athletes are risking a similar fate. The problem is that drinking too much water dilutes the blood's normal salt content...