Allston Residents Feel “Steamrolled” by Harvard Development
by Kate Tighe on November 14, 2007 in News
At the Thomas Gardner Elementary School in Allston on November 5, community organizer Ava Chan greeted senior resident Lydia McLaren with an affectionate handshake and a question: “Do you think we’ll ever get them to listen to us?”
November 14 Issue
by The Editors on November 14, 2007 in Print Edition
An Abuse of Art
by Chris Ramezanpour on November 14, 2007 in Culture
As in politics, there is a tradition in the art world of the less-qualified artist stooping to sensationalism and scandal as a means of drawing attention to his work. What he lacks in form, technique and creativity, he compensates for through deliberate provocation
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Art on the Fringe: Vietnamese Painter Reflects on Rapid Change
by Bina Venkataraman on November 14, 2007 in Culture
The global economy has reached the lakeshores of Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi – streetside shops rapidly replenish their DVD players while young hipsters send text messages using the latest cell phone models. Boutiques brandishing high fashions spring up overnight in the trendy Old Quarter and Hai Ba Trung districts.
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KSG International Students Pay Changing Price for Education
by Sam Jeffers on November 14, 2007 in News
With stagnant growth, a tightening housing market and poor prospects for investors, the already gloomy economic mood in the U.S. is likely to get worse, according to Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve. But for KSG’s international students – many of whom hold savings and loans in accounts abroad and plan to work overseas when they graduate – the faltering American economy provides a significant advantage: strong foreign currency with which to buy a weak U.S. dollar.
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The G-Faux-P
by Cody Keenan, Opinions Editor on November 14, 2007 in Opinion
Somewhere, John Kerry sits, frustrated he ran four years too early. Appearing to be on both sides of the issues did him in during the last election. This time around, it’s in vogue.
Giving Thanks for a New Aussie Government?
by Jane Lloyd and Jamie Snashall on November 14, 2007 in Opinion
On Saturday, November 24th, as Americans pick away at leftover turkey, Australians will be heading to the polls. In Australia (located to the south of here), a real fair dinkum election campaign is underway. As Americans tire from their endless presidential campaign, we figured we’d provide some new election material to chew on.
Point/Counterpoint: Spending to Stop Climate Change Flunks the Common Sense Test…
by Anthony Stinton on November 14, 2007 in Opinion
Al Gore’s recent Nobel Peace Prize for his work on climate change has intensified the calls for drastic measures in the United States and abroad to suppress carbon emissions and slow what he and others call “global warming.” His supporters propose a litany of taxes and regulations to achieve this end. But before governments reach into taxpayers’ wallets to fund these proposals, they should consider a few common sense conditions necessary for Gore’s costly proposals to make sense.
…But Inaction is a Gamble We Can’t Afford
by Adam Ruder on November 14, 2007 in Opinion
The debate over climate change is over. It is happening, and it is man-made. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a body of the leading climate scientists from around the world that recently shared the Nobel Peace Prize, has come to a consensus that “warming of the climate system is unequivocal” and state with “very high confidence” that humans are the primary cause. Since humans started burning fossil fuels, CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere have risen almost 40 percent above their highest levels in the past 450,000 years, and global average temperature has risen 0.7 degrees Celsius, a remarkably large shift over such a short period.
So why do some still dispute the reality of climate change? Because uncertainty is frightening. But while there is still some uncertainty as to how drastic the effects of climate change will be, there is no question that the consequences will be dire.
To Be a Veteran
by Carl Ciovacco on November 14, 2007 in Opinion
It was the first week of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and my Army battalion headed north on Highway 8 toward Baghdad. Thousands of troops – American might personified – tore across the desert. Our forces had not yet reached the capital, and there were rumors about the consequences of our crossing the “Karbala Line,” a circle around Baghdad which, when breached by Coalition troops, would automatically trigger a retaliatory chemical or biological attack by Saddam Hussein – or so it was thought at the time. It was Saddam’s last line of defense, but a line that we had to cross. In moments like those, strangers became brothers.
