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February 24, 2000Waters Brings the 'Invisible Immigrants' to LightA young woman from the West Indies – one of hundreds of people Mary Waters interviewed for her new book on West Indian immigration – told Waters that she had asked her mother to teach her to speak with a West Indian accent. She thought – and her mother agreed – that it would be an asset when she applied for a job or looked for a place to live here in the United States. Suarez-Orozcos Focus on the Youngest Immigrants Most Americans think that we are "Garbage" was the response of a 14-year-old Dominican boy when asked to complete a survey sentence by Harvard immigration experts Marcelo and Carola Suarez-Orozco. Rockefeller Center Conference Focuses on Latino Immigration America’s Latino population is more than 30 million and growing. Migration Washes Over Ambivalent America Make up your mind, America. Design Students Envision Future in Middle East Border Cities Mention the word "studio," and one generally thinks of an artist’s garret, preferably one with northern light. At the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD), however, a studio has no walls, and its dimensions can span vast distances. It is a method of teaching that constitutes the core of a Harvard design education. Helping Refugees of Gender-Based Persecution She was pistol-whipped, raped, beaten unconscious, and kicked until she bled. He used her head to break windows. He threatened her with a machete. When she pleaded with local authorities in her Guatemalan town to help her, they did nothing. They said it was a private matter between her and her husband. Without his approval, "Marina" (not her real name) could not get a divorce. So she fled the violence, leaving her children behind. Hindu Monk and Swami To Give Lecture Friday His Holiness Bhakti Bhavana Vishnu Maharaj, a Hindu monk and swami of the Gaudiya Vaishnava lineage, will give a lecture titled "Gaudiya Vaishnavism: The Spiritual Science of Vedic India" on Friday, Feb. 25, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in Harvard Hall 201. Priceline.com Founder To Speak at Business School Jay Walker, founder and vice chairman of Priceline.com, will speak about "The Future of the Internet" on Thursday, March 2, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at Burden Auditorium on the Harvard Business School campus. Priceline.com is considered one of the true Internet success stories. Women's Leadership Conference Now Accepting Applications The Women’s Leadership Project (WLP) is currently accepting applications from Harvard undergraduates for its 13th annual Harvard Women’s Leadership Conference, to be held Sept. 4-9, 2000. Living Longer Presents Housing Challenges, According to New Report A growing population of seniors living longer, healthier lives will present new challenges and opportunities to the housing market, states a new report by Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies. Police Log Community Leaders Trumpet the Rise of Social Enterprises Approximately 100 student leaders in public service from Harvard, Wellesley, Columbia, the University of North Carolina, and several other universities gathered at the Kennedy School of Government last Saturday for the first-ever New England Social Enterprise Conference. Scientists Probe Northern Hemisphere Ozone Loss -- 'Spy' planes fly over Russia for the first time in 40 years As you read this, frigid air spirals slowly downward from the stratosphere into the winter darkness of the arctic, part of a complex process destroying the ozone layer that shields us from cancerous ultraviolet radiation. Scientists from Harvard and elsewhere are flying in and out of the vortex making measurements they expect will help them understand – and eventually predict – ozone losses in the Northern Hemisphere, and how this activity may be linked with global warming. A Quarter Century of Pitching In for All-Female A Cappellas The sweet rhythms of the Radcliffe Pitches will fill the air at the Sanders Theatre on Friday, Feb. 25, when Harvard’s oldest all-female a cappella group marks a major milestone with its 25th Anniversary Concert. The 13 current members will be joined by at least 50 alumnae, who are coming to town for a reunion this weekend. The event will be hosted by Dean Jeremy R. Knowles, and will also feature the Harvard Din and Tonics, a male a cappella group that marked its 20 th anniversary last year. Notes Newsmakers Education Students To Present Research on Range of Topics at Conference The Harvard Graduate School of Education (GSE) will hold its fifth annual Student Research Conference and International Forum on Feb. 25, from 9:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Gutman Conference Center. SPH Researchers Teach Russians 'Germ Warfare' In the summer of 1993, an outbreak of a waterborne disease in Milwaukee killed more than 100 people and sickened 400,000 others. The crisis could have been ripped from the pages of a germ-warfare thriller in which post-Cold War agents sabotage innocent-looking drinking water, but in real life a bacterium named Cryptosporidium proved to be the culprit. Crystal Sparkles When the quintessential master of ceremonies took the stage to accept the Pudding Pot at the Hasty Pudding Theatre on Thursday night, he got exactly what he bargained for. Art Museums Celebrate a Decade of Collecting Beginning in March, the Harvard University Art Museums will present the first in a series of exhibitions showcasing a decade of additions to their collections. More than 475 works will be featured, including masterpieces of Asian and Islamic art, old master and contemporary prints and drawings, paintings, sculptures, calligraphy, and photographs. The series will cover every area of the institution’s collecting, from ancient to contemporary art. Undergraduate Witnesses Birth of a Goddess Anna Portnoy had come halfway around the world to witness the birth of a goddess. Harvard Hosts Sixth National Girls and Women in Sports Day Young athletes from all over Boston converged on Harvard on a chilly Saturday in February. They took instruction from Harvard coaches and student-athletes. They labored and sweated, pushing themselves to refine their skills in soccer, basketball, volleyball, water polo, softball and field hockey. By day’s end, the athletes – nearly 100 girls in all– had learned the finer points of competition, sportsmanship, and nutrition, and went away with tickets to the Harvard-Princeton women’s basketball game.
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