http://harvardcitizen.com The Newspaper of the Harvard Kennedy School Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:20:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After nine straight days of drinking to fulfill a wide range of social obligations, I've decided to give up the bottle for at least three days in order to fulfill a personal obligation to my health and well being (and my wallet! Thanks for nothing Summer Internship Fund:) Anyway, there's ... http://harvardcitizen.com/2008/07/06/to-bomb-or-not-to-bomb/ This is an article I wrote a few weeks ago for the Daily Star newspaper. Its a reflection piece looking back on the Harvard Lebanon immersion Trip that started it all. As I looked out into the night from the balcony of the Kataeb compound in Saifi, the lights of ... http://harvardcitizen.com/2008/07/03/political-speed-dating/ The other night, I had a few drinks with a friend. On the walk home, he stopped by a red Hundai. "See this car?" he asked. "It's been sitting here untouched since the last war." The next day I thought about the car and went back to take another look in ... http://harvardcitizen.com/2008/07/02/looking-thru-a-broken-windshield/ Sharad Venkat blogs about his experience living and working in Lebanon this summer. (Photo Credit: Sharad Venkat) http://harvardcitizen.com/2008/06/27/live-from-beirut/ Today, while walking near downtown Beirut, I came across the Hariri memorial, a large tent-like structure that serves as a tomb as well as memorial to those who died in the bomb blast that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. I decided to take time out and explore ... http://harvardcitizen.com/2008/06/27/the-rebirth-of-conflict/ I had a genuinely frightening experience earlier today. I was walking home from Achrafiyya in East Beirut back to my room in Hamra, West Beirut, and crossed past a few checkpoints on the road. These guys always look at me funny but don’t often give me trouble. ... http://harvardcitizen.com/2008/06/25/the-power-of-fear/ As the semester draws to a conclusion, it’s probably about time that I answer the clamour of voices from home (well, ok, maybe one or two) who have asked me how you the workload for a Master’s degree that’s done and dusted in just a year. Let me defer to ... http://harvardcitizen.com/2008/05/06/a-study-in-shirking-and-contrasts/ It may be clear to the world that Mugabe has to be removed from office, but we must not assume that this clarity is shared by a large proportion of Zimbabweans in Zimbabwe. The winds of change are sweeping across the Zimbabwean landscape but the main question is: Does Zimbabwe have ... http://harvardcitizen.com/2008/05/03/thoughts-on-mugabe-a-side-note-on-zimbabwe/ Go on. Say it. I won't judge. You hate Peabody Terrace. You think it's ugly. It's okay - you're not alone. I don't think I've met a single person in Cambridge, excluding architects, who likes those buildings. You probably don't like Gund Hall either, which houses the Graduate School of Design. ... http://harvardcitizen.com/2008/05/01/loving-the-unloved-a-brief-tour-of-harvards-modern-architectural-gems/ On a sunny April day in West Point, New York, eight students sat down for lunch in the dining hall of the United States Military Academy. Seven of them were cadets, wearing Advanced Combat Uniforms and boots-the relaxed dress code for Fridays. But the eighth stood out like ... http://harvardcitizen.com/2008/04/30/military-takes-aim-at-educating-civilians/