BY MILLY WANG A Norwegian how-to for avoiding the oil curse. On Wednesday, September 25th, 2013, His Excellency Jens Stoltenberg, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norway, gave a public address at the Institute of Politics on Norway’s economic success at avoiding “the Oil Curse.” Stoltenberg has served two terms as the Prime Minister […]
BY MEGHAN BROOKS Girls’ education advocate honored in Sanders Theatre. Friday, the Harvard Foundation honored 16-year-old Pakistani girls’ education advocate Malala Yousafzai with the 2013 Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian of the Year Award. A full crowd welcomed Yousafzai to Sanders Theatre, along with her family and the neurosurgeon who performed her first operation. The awards […]
BY CAROLINE GENTILE To every liquid nitrogen ice cream there is a season. Early this semester, I noticed a new addition to the Science Center Plaza. No, it wasn’t the farmers’ market on Tuesday, nor, despite its resemblance to a food truck, was it Benny’s Crepes, Whole Foods, or Bon Me. After walking past it […]
BY LAUREN COVALUCCI Why Emerson 310 is the place to be. I’m sitting at a massive wooden table, which is still glossy despite many spilled cups of coffee and generations’ worth of note taking. I’ve managed to maneuver my clunky chair into a relatively comfortable position, but my left foot still wants to fall asleep. […]
BY Manik Bhatia Examining the Coop’s quasi-monopoly on the textbook industry. While the past two decades have seen an admirable increase in the accessibility of college, particularly to low and middle income families, one area of financial concern still remains: textbook prices have soared to the extent that many students simply cannot afford them and […]
BY CAROLINE GENTILE Harvard is no longer a place where the sun don’t shine. Instead of setting up a booth at the Activities Fair, complete with free candy and a homemade sign, Angela Oh ‘15 and Christina Vourakis ‘16 flitted through the throngs of freshmen, decked out in vibrant yellow shirts and armed with equally […]
BY ALBERT MURZAKHANOV Let’s Not Debate Facts and Logic. On September 2, a 16-month-old boy was fatally shot while riding in a stroller. The tragedy, occurring a mere twenty minutes from my family’s home, was a strident reminder of the anger I felt a few weeks ago upon hearing someone state, “Liberals are the biggest […]
A friendly bazaar. Friday afternoon, hundreds of undergraduates streamed into the Quad. Mostly freshmen and upperclassmen student organization leaders, they came by shuttle, bike, and on foot to the annual Activities Fair, an event organized by the College’s Office of Student Life. Designed to expose freshmen in particular to the 538 listed co-curricular and extracurricular […]
Illinois, you’ve done it again.
The Supreme Court strikes another blow for big business.