Features
Exploring Healthcare Reform in the U.S.
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News
HKS to Overhaul Town Hall, Eliminate Student Space
When HKS students return from their summer breaks in the fall of 2009, they will find a very different school than the one they left. Most notably, returning students will find that Belfer’s Town Hall – the site of countless student group meetings, informal interactions, and events – will no longer exist in its current form. Read more »
Snapshot
2009 HKS Talent Show
“Single ladies” of HKS perform at the annual talent show. Photo: Syon Bhanot.
Culture
Finding Style From Within
Last weekend, I had my first al fresco dinner of the year. The evening was warm enough that I could finally pull out a pair of shorts from the container of warm weather clothes hibernating sadly under my bed. As my friend and I sat down at our table, he started going on about how spring had arrived. Despite the summery ensemble I was sporting, I quickly told my friend how wrong he was. True, the weather was pleasant enough for me to study outside during the day in jeans and a t-shirt, but it wasn’t top-off-sunbathe warm. So, for me, sunny day plus t-shirt equaled the beginning of a farmer’s tan, and two-tone appendages are never a good look. Read more »
HKS Student Photo Gallery
Photographs taken by HKS students at home and in the field, courtesy of the 1000 Words Caucus, which uses images to bring greater awareness to policy challenges around the world.
HKS News
Reinstating the ROTC at Harvardby Mia Zuckerkandel
Before a packed crowd at the Forum, which included Dean David Ellwood and U.S. Army General David Petraeus, a Harvard Kennedy School student, Maura Sullivan (MPA/MBA ’09), called on Harvard University to reinstate ROTC, the Reserve Officer Training Corps, which has been effectively banned from campus for 40 years. Read more » Read More →
Opinion
What the Administration Isn’t Telling Youby Marcos Santiago
I spent quite a bit of time debating whether or not to write this op-ed and risk angering several key decision makers at the school. But I feel strongly that the following student sentiments need to be put out there, and since few others know what’s about to happen at HKS, the responsibility falls to me. Let me preface this with the sincerest... Read more »
One Final Squawkby Carlyn Reichel
In trying to decide what this final column should be about, I knew I wanted to reflect on the significance of our time here at HKS. What have been my lessons learned, the growth experiences before being released back into the world as a proper adult - employed (I can only hope), effective, and possessing greater erudition. And the one thing that... Read more »
Eavesdropper
HKS Eavesdroppersby The Culture Desk
Snippets of conversation overheard in the HKS hallways. Read more » Read More →
Citizen Conversation With...
A Citizen Conversation with… Frederick Ouko Alucheliby Matt Homer, Asst. News Editor
This year’s student-organized Bridge Builders Conference brought social pioneers from 10 countries together to participate in workshops and panel discussions on social justice. The Citizen caught up with one of these Bridge Builders, Frederick Ouko Alucheli, who is the founder of two NGOs in Kenya that work with youth. Read more » Read More →
