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...boycott would backfire miserably. Besides hurting athletes who have spent years prepping for the Olympics, a boycott will cost activists whatever ongoing leverage they have over China. Once a boycott is declared, activists almost surely would lose any interaction with Chinese officials, who would simply write them off. Through their pressure, Darfur advocates have in fact won private meetings with influential Chinese officials. In the past year China's stance on Sudan has undergone a major shift. From ignoring complaints about its Sudan links, China has appointed its own special envoy for Darfur and has sent aid to the peacekeeping...
With $10,000 of hard-won cash and four awards in as many years, Jeffrey Kwong ’08-’09 is a grant-writing machine. As early as his freshman year, Kwong started on the road to success when he received funding for language study at a Harvard Summer School Program in Korea. Kwong walked away with $3,000—a sum which he calls “average” in a program with an upper limit of around $5,000. After years of raking in the Benjamins, Kwong has a system to navigate...
...Very quickly,” she said. Her thesis was handed in with several minutes to spare. As students in Economics, History, and Psychology turn in their senior theses this afternoon, they undoubtedly hope for a less dramatic finale to the months of research and writing that have gone into the process. Psychology concentrators will have one less hurdle to jump as they turn in their theses electronically—a policy begun in 2006. While History and Literature concentrators submitted their work on Feb. 29, for many thesis writers today represents the final sprint before the official beginning...
...teachings of Harvard lecturer Tal D. Ben-Shahar ’96. After reading Ben-Shahar’s book, “Happier,” Pounders sought to spread the word about his happiness-generating technique. “I wanted to give people an outlet to write about their happy thoughts,” says Pounders, who has founded multiple Internet projects, including a national tree-selling business. Site members record their five merry thoughts daily, which are instantly shared with the butterbeehappy community. More diligent users can ask to receive an e-mail reminder to post...
...write op-eds on all kinds of subjects?” she said. “We’re busy. Not a day goes by we don’t have arguments we’d like to see expressed...