Word: programming
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According to Michael N. Lichten, director of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences' Office for Physical Resources, the maintenance of Harvard's elevators is contracted to Thyssen Dover Elevator, which performs a "regular preventative maintenance program" of monthly inspections, as well as interventions during breakdowns...
Last week's Care for the Harvard Community kickoff program was intended to reach those who are suffering in silence. As a high-profile outreach of a wide range of student-led and professional Harvard mental-health groups that hosted discussion sessions in each House, the Care program demonstrated an effort to take the difficult step of starting the discussion about mental health for Harvard's students, Faculty and staff, from janitors to professors. We urge students to continue the dialogue on mental health, for themselves and those they care about in this community...
...program was a response to a provost-commissioned report last year that found students critical of the mental-health care options available to them. Richard D. Kadison, chief executive of University Health Services (UHS) Mental Health Services, said the program was part of an overall effort to "improve access and outreach, de-stigmatize mental health services and create constructive dialogue with the University community...
...commend the groups from University Hall, UHS, Bureau of Study Counsel and the student body that made these events possible and hope that students participate in the ongoing program to mold the mental health resources to match the needs of Harvard students. Mental health is a vital issue for each Harvard student; hopefully these events will make getting help that much easier...
Then there are those who believe the sexualized messages bombarding kids from all sides could be triggering changes in the brain that are jump-starting development. Drew Pinsky, a physician and co-host of MTV's recently canceled Loveline advice program, is a proponent of this notion. "MTV," he asserts, "is absolutely one of the factors in early puberty." But even though the idea sounds nutty, says Herman-Giddens, "it would not be scientific to dismiss it. If someone cuts a nice juicy grapefruit in front of you, you salivate. Seeing things can affect us physiologically...