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Benjamin P. Schwartz ’10 is a history and literature concentrator in Winthrop House. He is a former vice-chair of the College Events Board. His column appears on alternate Fridays...
...Czar oversees the planning of the Freshman Formal along with the First Year Social Committee, a group of eager frosh hand-chosen by the fun czar and Freshman Dean’s Office. (Elections for the committee were quietly ended in 2007.) My sophomore year, as vice-chair of the College Events Board, I was lucky enough to chaperone the swanky formal at the Charles Hotel, where freshmen enjoyed an open bar of soft drinks and bottled water. Unfortunately for fun at Harvard, the Fun Czar at the time forgot to request that, at a certain point, the bartenders serve...
...there was a space on campus where interested Harvard students could go to understand what the military is all about, maybe [the ROTC] could explain and give them the chance to understand. That would be helpful.” Shawna L. Sinnott ’10, the Vice President of the Harvard ROTC Association, agreed that Harvard’s policy was partly to blame for the flat enrollment. “Because of Harvard’s de-recognition of the program, people don’t think Harvard is an option if they want to pursue a military...
...foreign policy problem Obama faces is Afghanistan. Indeed, it is an issue that has divided his foreign policy team for the first time. I'm told the Secretaries of both State and Defense and National Security Adviser Jim Jones warily favor the military's request for more troops. But Vice President Joe Biden and, perhaps, the President remain skeptics - and rightly so, since any military policy depends on whether the Afghan government can regain some credibility after the flagrantly corrupt August elections. If Hamid Karzai limps into a second term but does not make some major reforms - like removing...
...large number of Chinese buyers means growth in Hong Kong's luxury-property market could suddenly cool if Beijing decides to tighten credit. Su Ning, vice governor of the mainland's central bank, said last week that China would continue its "appropriately loose" monetary policy at least into next year, but regulators have already started to clamp down somewhat. In August, total lending by Chinese banks dropped to a third of June's levels...