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Vol. I, Issue 3 Published 11.10.03
A Case of Empathy
JiYeon Kim
After class, I happened to flip the channel to the TV show ER (10/30/03). A single mother was confronted with her drinking problem after she had a car accident that injured her youngest son. When the father came to take custody of the two children, she slipped out of the hospital, doused herself with lighter fluid and lit herself on fire inside her station wagon...

Opinion
Meet Eligible Hospitals Online at Savethematch.com!
Davin Quinn
Last week a breathless mass email was sent to all current fourth years by the NRMP, the cabal that runs the Match each year. The purpose of the message was to address the fact that a set of lawsuits is being processed that challenge the current Match as an anti-competitive system that enables hospitals to keep resident wages low and work hours high...

Leaving Longwood
Kit Lo
I still remember my first trip to the Coolidge Corner Theatre, just a few years ago. I was going to see the first American release of the most successful animated movie of all time in Japan, but as I left the theatre that afternoon, I realized that I had not only seen a great film (Princess Mononoke / Mononoke Hime, Miyazaki, 1997), but also a unique location from Boston's cultural past...

Computer Tip
Soo-Woo Kim
You're late to class. Someone sent you an important email attachment, and you're trying to open it when Microsoft Outlook...

picture-perfect now, drain-cloggers later
jen broder

HMStyle
Heidi Goodarzi & Yetsa Tuakli-Wosornu
Ganesh and I(H) sit in the back row enjoying our dynamic, engaging lab instructor who happens to be Indian. In addition to providing a comprehensive review of Neoplasia Pathology, he peppers his talk with witty remarks, jokes and anecdotes...

Survey Says
If we demolished the Children's Parking Garage, what would you put there instead?

Fresh Cut
Under the Tuscan Sun
Yana Pikman
If you cannot get away from the imminent Boston cold, take a virtual trip out to Tuscany, where warmth and magic are just around the corner. Loosely based on the novel by Frances Mayes, this film combines the elements of a perfect romantic comedy with the beauty of Tuscany...

Today's Talks 05.03.04
Wednesday, May 5
"Cinco de Mayo BBQ Celebration!”
MeSLA, MGH Minority Affairs
Come grab some good food and enjoy the sunny weather as we celebrate Mexican culture and commemorate Mexico’s victory over the French army in 1862.
5:30 pm, Vanderbilt Hall Deanery
Free food.

“The Tormented President: Calvin Coolidge, Death, and Clinical Depression”
Countway Library
Lecture and booksigning by Robert Gilbert, author, Northeastern University.
4:00pm, 5th floor, Minot Room, Countway Library of Medicine

Thursday, May 6
"Public Policies for HIV/AIDS with Special Reference to China”
Asia Public Policy Workshop and WHR Rivers Symposium
Debrework Zewdie, World Bank; Jim Kim, WHO; Shen Jie, China Center for Disease Control and National Center for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control; Anthony Saich, KSG.
6:00pm, Starr Auditorium, Belfer Building, KSG

Friday, May 7
“2nd Annual Symposium on Racial/ Ethnic Health Disparities Research in the U.S.: From Research to Practice”
Harvard Interfaculty Program
Faculty discus basic physiology, state-of-the-art treatments, research, and future directions.
Speakers: Reginald Stuart, HSPH; Suzette Oyeku, HSPH; Debra Joy Pérez, GSAS.
8:00am – 4:30pm. Room G-1, Kresge Building, HSPH
Register www.healthpolicy.harvard.edu/ disparity.php, under “Disparities Symposium 2004.” More information, email retucker@disparitiessymposium.com

Saturday, May 8 2004
"Collateral Benefits: Complex Health Interventions Among the Poor”
DRCLAS, Division of Social Medicine Health Inequalities, BWH
Paul Farmer, PIH; Fernet Léandre, Zanmi Lasante, Haiti; Askar Yedilbayev, PIH, Russia; Jaime Bayona, Socios en Salud, Peru; Anne Hasitings, Fonkoze, Haiti.
9:00am – 1:00pm, New Research Building, HMS

"Volunteer opportunity at The Food Project”
SEAM & MUNCH
9:30 am-12:30pm, West Cottage lot in Roxbury
Transportation provided. Email Christine or Molly Perencevich. Limit 15 students. www.thefoodproject.org/

Ongoing
"2nd Year Show Videos"
Checks to “HMS/HSDM 2nd Year Show.”
Contact: Nancy Chang



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