http://www.thecrimson.com/opinion.aspx The Harvard Crimson :: The University Daily Since 1873 Copyright 2009, The Harvard Crimson, Inc. This alphabet soup of pandemics is part and parcel of a perennial American diet consisting of hype and overreaction to illnesses with miniscule mortality rates. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=529955 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:39:06 GMT In the end, I guess it’s more about how you’re quarantined, rather than how you aren’t quarantined. If this doesn’t make total sense, then I guess you just haven’t yet suffered a fever that melts a huge piece of your cerebral cortex. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=529954 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:37:37 GMT Despite the distraction of mid-terms and the widespread publicity concerning swine flu vaccine’s possible side effects, almost 5000 people received the vaccine early this week in the UHS three-day immunization program. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=529953 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:34:57 GMT Officials at the University Health Services will advise all undergraduates to be vaccinated against swine flu in sharp contrast to Massachusetts policy and to a just-completed Harvard Medical School study that will recommend against mass immunization of young adults. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=529952 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:33:47 GMT As if the global financial meltdown weren’t enough, this spring introduced scary words like “novel virus” and “pandemic,” bumping the financial crisis off the headlines. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=529951 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:30:48 GMT To establish a genuine culture of peer-based mentorship and to save precious resources in the middle of a budget crunch, University Hall should do now what it should have done at the program’s inception: let PAFs advise for free. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=529947 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:21:30 GMT “Optimistic, but high unemployment, fewer social services, worse education, and some large-scale public works projects. That’s Ashtabula for ya.” http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=529946 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:17:59 GMT Although Obama has certainly not been lenient with greedy bankers or seedy polluters, he has refused to completely vilify any particular group as the cause of our problems. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=529945 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:08:42 GMT Continuing a promising pattern of leading higher education in sustainability, Harvard signed a 15-year deal this week that will ensure that 10 percent of the energy needs for its Cambridge and Allston buildings will be provided by wind power. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=529944 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:06:52 GMT While Race to the Top constitutes only a small fraction of the $96.8 billion allocated to the Department of Education under the stimulus package, it will be money well spent. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=529943 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:05:02 GMT