2 THECITIZEN | Wednesday, May 29, 2013 CITIZENNEWS From snow storm to lockdowns, this was an eventful year at HKS Continued from page 1 technology for the latest on the market. grads, the sequester was watched with Campus comes alive during 2. he hope – at least this winter – was some trepidation. In late February, it 2012 presidential election. to seek University and city support to became apparent that the federal gov- here were few more exciting places to begin renovation in the next few years. ernment would have to slice as much be during the presidential election than as $85.4 billion during the 2013 iscal at the Kennedy School. In the weeks 4. Students convince Harvard to year, with similar reductions scheduled leading up to Nov. 6, the HKS hosted consider responsible invest- through 2021. Kennedy School faculty near-constant events with political ment. spoke out against the sequester, calling it pundits dissecting campaign strategy, A week ater Kennedy School students ill-planned and irresponsible. Professor broadcasts of the debates that illed the held a referendum calling for the invest- Linda Bilmes said, “he sequester is the forum and two wing lecture halls, and ment of 0.1 percent of the $30.7 bil- ‘cut-of-your-arm’ approach to dieting. roundtable discussions tapping into the lion endowment in socially responsi- You lose weight but it causes even worse expertise of faculty members. In addi- Participants in the Social Enterprise Conference fought through problems.” Professor Jef Frankel said ble ventures, the Harvard Management the aftermath of the 5th largest snow snowstorm in Boston tion, students organized trips to swing Company – the irm that manages the history to make it to the second day of the conference. that the real issue is not with discretion- states such as Ohio and New Hamp- endowment – created the position of the ary spending, but with entitlement pro- Kennedy School students say the school shire and others volunteered all day at Vice President of Sustainable Invest- grams such as Social Security, but both falls short in other diversity issues. One the polls. Even ater the election, HKS ing. he new position is dedicated to parties fear political fallout if entitle- student group advocated greater gender sponsored speakers’ series relecting on researching and understanding the envi- ment programs are curtailed. diversity among faculty with a creative the election, held debates on ‘next steps’ ronmental, social and governance (ESG) campaign in the campus courtyard – in for both parties and brought a taste of issues related to the endowment and to 8. Spring break treks ofer incred- a play on presidential candidate Mitt Washington to Cambridge when dozens serve as a liaison to University groups ible exploration opportunities. Romney’s comment on ‘Binders Full of of new Congressmen came to discuss dedicated to investor responsibility. Stu- One of the most celebrated experiences Women’, they placed empty binders on the economy, foreign policy and the dents celebrated the move, but called it at the Kennedy School is the student-led picnic tables around the courtyard with budget. a ‘irst step’ as the new position didn’t treks. his year, more than 100 students the message, ‘At least Mitt had binders.’ guarantee changes to the endowment traveled to countries such as Israel, Another group of students organized investment proile. Japan, China, Korea and Colombia. On a Diversity Rights Initiative, saying the each trek, students met with govern- school could better integrate the disabil- Climate change or coincidence? ment and nonproit leaders to under- 5. ity perspective into academics as well as Snow storm, Hurricane Sandy stand challenges unique to the region; student services. And Kennedy School keep students at home. enjoyed local cuisine and engaged in students, as part of the Harvard Gradu- conversation and debate with other trip Campus was closed on at least two occa- ate Council, helped initiate a University- members. Many students relected on sions this year as Boston experienced wide committee for graduate students the experience, saying, ‘It was the best some unusual weather. Along with an called ‘Inclusive Harvard’ to serve as a trip of my life.’ Student treks are planned angry Hurricane Sandy that devastated liaison between the university adminis- this summer to Azerbaijan, Nepal and coastal communities (hitting the New tration and graduate students to make Pakistan. Jersey and New York coastline the hard- Harvard a better place for its diverse est), Boston faced the ith largest snow Argentinean President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner addresses student body. he diversity issue is not storm in recorded history. he snow- 9. Boston Marathon bombing students in the forum in September. Photo Courtesy of Martha falling on deaf ears. As early as the irst closes down campus. Stewart. storm was unfortunately timed with weeks of school, HKS announced a new one of the largest student conferences of Oice for Student Diversity and Inclu- Two explosions at the inish line of Bos- the year – the Social Enterprise Con- ton’s famed 26.2 mile race killed three Kennedy School considers sion which has the primary responsibil- 3. ference (or SECON). Dozens of speak- people and sent dozens to the hospital. major renovation. ity of recruiting students from under- ers and conference members who were represented backgrounds, emphasizing At least two Kennedy students run- School leadership announced plans scheduled to ly in had to cancel, leaving diversity of race, age, gender, disability, ning the marathon were diverted from for a major campus overhaul this year. students scrambling to open at least one sexual orientation and socio-economic the inish line, many more saw or heard hough much of the renovation is still day of the planned two-day conference. status, as well as providing support to the explosions. Five days later, a high in early planning stages, administrators the HKS Diversity Committee. speed car chase awoke students living want to improve the entry way into the 6. Diversity, inclusion top student on Memorial Drive. For more than school, expand the cafeteria, create more concerns. 7. Sequester puts students on edge. 10 hours, the city was on lockdown as spaces for students to meet in groups, police pursued one of the two suspects. Despite being the most geographically With the federal government serving develop lexible classrooms and update diverse campus at Harvard University, as the top employer of Kennedy School Continued on page 3

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THECITIZEN | Wednesday, May 29, 2013 5 CITIZENNEWS Graduating students relect on their time at HKS hadn’t planned on seeing and talk about to political issues. Learning to retrospect. To read, to write Continued from page 1 a subject I didn’t know anything about – Kelly Winquist, MPA ‘13 and to listen. What was a deining moment at the at the beginning of the day. hese people – Abhishek Singh, MC/MPA’13 Kennedy School? are the real value of this place. I feel that if we come for one year we – Danny Hatem, MPP ‘13 should be able to take all the courses we Americans love to say ‘awesome’. Ater Dean Williams’ Leadership course, want to take instead of having to bid for – Guido van Garderen, MC/MPA ‘13 I recovered my sense of purpose. What was your least favorite experi- them. – Eduardo Rosales, MPA ‘13 ence at HKS? – Gianna Montinola, MC/MPA ‘13 I’m not alone. It oten feels like the world just doesn’t care about our business, but I can remember walking into the Forum My least favorite experience was sit- Getting regular feedback about courses, there are so many of us, it is unimagina- on the very irst day, July 18th. I was ting on the wooden chairs in the library curriculum and the way things are run. ble that we won’t make some huge difer- curious, skeptical, excited, worried (and and those silly seats in many of the class he course evaluations do not give com- ences in the world. annoyed at the early morning start) – rooms. hese are a killing for your back. plete picture. he comments on school – Danny Hatem, MPP ‘13 all at the same time. Hagai Porat sat I can’t believe these are still around. I evaluations should be available publicly Advice for incoming students next to me on my right in the mass of actually asked the Dean about it, and to all students. folding chairs, David Prendergast on he said he would rather give out more – Abhishek Singh, MC/MPA’13 Treat every day as though it were May my let. What a mix – in three chairs. I scholarships, than invest in normal of their graduating year. I’ve packed so couldn’t have been happier. And I will chairs. Meanwhile he does plan a multi- One thing you wished you would have much into every day ater my PAE was never forget seeing Somnieng Hoeurn million re-construction of the Kennedy done before graduating: due and I could not be happier or more a few rows in front me, because while I School . . . satisied in my exhaustion. could get my head around sitting next to – Guido van Garderen, MC/MPA ‘13 Join the rowing team! – Danny Hatem, MPP ‘13 – David Prendergrast, MC/ MPA ‘13 an IDF coder and a Jamaican diplomat, Ethics class. Hearing other people’s as worldly as I imagined myself to be, I Learn to say ‘no’. here is so much to values being shut down and treated as he biggest regret I have is not taking was just not mentally prepared to meet do at Harvard that you have to make unworthy because they didn’t conform a leadership course a la Heifetz or Wil- a Cambodian monk. I was in a state of choices. with biases of the past 50 years of white liams. Am I unhappy about the choices awe – and I knew right then that I was in – Guido van Garderen, MC/MPA ‘13 western academic elites. I did make? No, not at all, and one can’t the right place. – Josh Prager, MPP ‘13 do everything. But the number of people Take more classes in the yard, including – Kevin Prager, MC/MPA’13 Handling Course Materials, which is who cite their experience with these auditing. We have incredible resources MPA Orientation Week. he irst week simply crazy and bad. Need to copy a courses as life changing is a statement here beyond the Kennedy School, and as MPA. Getting to know my classmates, few things from HBS. to me. here is your chance to take advantage of the school, the staf, some faculty, plan – Abhishek Singh, MC/MPA’13 – Danny Hatem, MPP ‘13 them. my future at HKS, start to live the vibe – Josh Prager, MPP ‘13 Trying to have lunch in the forum at 1 I can’t believe I missed the Harvard of HKS... Completely unforgettable. p.m. Small, crowded, dark... Fortunately scream in the middle of the winter. Don’t plan too much in advance. Live – Mariana Filgueira Risso, MPA’13 the staf of Sodexho is amazing and – Guido van Garderen, MC/MPA ‘13 the HKS experience in real time. Don’t helps to make it better. he help extended by the faculty and have pre-conceived notions and biases. – Mariana Filgueira Risso, MPA’13 More volunteer work whether in school school administration when I faced – Abhishek Singh, MC/MPA’13 or elsewhere. a personal crisis. I had almost given How would you improve the Kennedy – Gianna Montinola, MC/MPA ‘13 Open your mind and hearts to all the up on my graduation, as my wife was School experience? possibilities. Try things outside your extremely unwell. We had almost 60 What is the most important thing you comfort zone. Explore Boston and the hospital visits and 7 nights of hospital More networking events between stu- learned? U.S. and do not limit yourself to Cam- admission and had to leave Cambridge dents and with faculty. bridge and HKS. Take advantage of all in April, yet the school was considerate – Eduardo Rosales, MPA ‘13 he need for passion and digniied events and be vigilant about looking at and helpful and did everything possi- engagement in the service of humanity. calendars to see who is coming to speak ble for me to complete the assignments, Get a better restaurant! he people of – Mukhtar Abdi Ogle, MC/MPA ‘13 in Harvard or the surrounding schools. papers and exams. I am truly indebted catering are great, but the food at all of – Gianna Montinola, MC/MPA ‘13 to them for my life, though I was not the other schools is so much better. To value others’ cultures, perspectives, – Guido van Garderen, MC/MPA ‘13 and ideas. able to save my wife, Shilpi, whom I Check out the student organizations at lost on the 8th of May. I was able to pull – Kelly Winquist, MPA ‘13 More political diversity: I see the IOP the college and get on any mailing lists on only because of the help I got, from trying to bring this from the top down, hat true leadership is about building that are interesting to you. I didn’t igure friends, classmates, faculty and school but more needs to be done there and capacity in others to lead. this out until my last semester here! administration. deinitely more from the bottom (stu- – Kevin Prager, MC/MPA’13 – Kelly Winquist, MPA ‘13 – Abhishek Singh, MC/MPA’13 dents) up; the world is not one political hat it is not a matter of answering ques- hree or four times a week, I would sit party, we are doing ourselves an injustice tions but asking the proper questions. in the Forum with a classmate that I by not thoroughly exploring both sides – Eduardo Rosales, MPA ‘13

NEWS 1–9 | OPINIONS 10–17 | CULTURE 18–23 6 THECITIZEN | Wednesday, May 29, 2013 CITIZENNEWS Everything I need to know about my graduate’s career prospects and more By Chrissie Long, MPP’14 larly at the Kennedy School – that when law schools, and those numbers com- Staf Writer people leave, employers are going to be pare well. So if you are worried that your ‘knocking down their door.’ Because graduate won’t work again ater the Ken- Today’s graduates are entering a world the way it works at the Kennedy School nedy School, I would say that the data still in recovery from a global economic and the kinds of jobs our students get shows that is absolutely not the case. crisis. Unemployment in the United – many of them come through a net- States is only beginning to level out at worked job search so nobody is throw- Q: Where do graduates go when they 7.5 percent – ater a record high – yet ing anything at you. You are going out, are done with the Kennedy School? the federal government sequester is still making connections, looking at job A: he diverse nature of the Kennedy on the horizon. postings, connecting with alumni to School really means that our graduates In Europe, unemployment hit a record navigate your way to the job. go to a lot of diferent places. Obviously, 12.1 percent in March with youth unem- I would ask the family members to we have so many countries represented ployment over 50 percent in some coun- not equate the fact that someone doesn’t among our student body. he trend tries. he only good news seems to come have 25 job ofers as (a) an assumption tends to be, where people are from, they from countries in Asia and Latin Amer- Mary Beaulieu, assistant dean and director of the Oice of Career that that person is doing anything wrong tend to go back to. In terms of sector, Advancement. ica, where job prospects are promising. or (b) an assumption that somehow the we ind that in any given year, about a his is the world Kennedy School stu- graduating today don’t have job ofers in Kennedy School isn’t living up to its bill- third of the students will end up in a dents are stepping into ater many put hand. Many are so consumed with the ing because those are false assumptions. private organization and two thirds of their careers on hold to take a gamble programming, lectures and classes that on graduate school. It can be a frighten- take place at the Kennedy School that Class of 2012, Employment by Sector Employment by Sector, 2001 – 2012 ing time for graduates who sacriiced a they haven’t wanted to sacriice those year’s salary, took on student loans and opportunities to initiate a job search. moved their families to Cambridge. Furthermore, the nature of govern- But there’s reason for hope. ment and nonproit jobs is such that, While only 60 percent of students at many job searches are conducted just- Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) are in-time; which means that – unlike law expected to have a job upon graduation, or business degree students who are as many as 95 percent will be settled recruited months in advance – graduates by October, according to the Oice of entering the public sector are hired only Career Advancement. And of those who if – and when – there is a job opening. have found a job, 96 percent on average For this reason, it’s quite possible that report they are happy with that job (at your Kennedy School graduate may still least that’s what surveys show). be in the throes of job searches. It’s not unusual that HKS students he Citizen sat down with Mary hat is not true the students will Beaulieu, assistant dean and director of in the way people end up in either the Oice of Career here tend to get government or Advancement, to jobs. non-proit; the To provide good information on HKS understand the hiring I will tell you balance between employment trends, the school relies on all landscape, what loved that the numbers government and graduates to report where they are in their ones should expect of show year ater non-proit can vary from year to year. job search/employment immediately post- their graduates, and year that Kennedy School students do hen, within those categories, people go what a degree from land jobs soon ater graduation. In any to all diferent kinds of organizations, graduation. the Kennedy School given year, by October, between 90 and representing all kinds of policy areas, really means. 93 percent of our graduates – again that leveraging as many skill sets as you can Graduates of the Class of 2013: Please varies from year to year – will report imagine. We tend to ind that of organi- complete the Graduation Survey in SPARKS! Q: My graduate that they are settled, which means that zations that hire our students, many of Should your information change, you can doesn’t have a job they are either employed; they are going them hire only one graduate. In a given yet. Should I be con- update through October. OCA is ofering back to school; or they’ve decided not year, for example, of 225 employers who cerned? to look for employment. We benchmark might hire our graduates, 195 may hire HKS business card holders to all those who A: It’s a little bit of a those numbers against our sister public only one graduate. complete the survey. misnomer – particu- policy schools, and business schools and he answer to the question – “Where

NEWS 1–9 | OPINIONS 10–17 | CULTURE 18–23 THECITIZEN | Wednesday, May 29, 2013 7 CITIZENNEWS do they go?” – is pretty much every- of our alumni, a lot of folks will tell you where. that the irst job was a pivot point in some way and then there was the second Q: When employers see ‘MPP’ or job and then there was the third job. You ‘MPA-ID’ on an application, what does really have to take the long view of this. that mean to them? Managing a career is not a linear A: Other than HKS alumni, employers thing. You cannot transition from one tend not to know or really care about thing to something wholly diferent in the speciics of the degree. hey know one leap as many students hope to do. If that people have come from the Har- you think about the way employers hire, vard Kennedy School. hey know what employers generally want to hire people should my graduate continue to hold Two-thirds of the Class of 2012 (66%) reported employment in you tell them on your resume about the US. who have some connection to what they your area of focus. hey know what your out for ‘the perfect job’? are doing, either from a skills base or a skills are. But whether it’s an MPP or A: It really depends on the individual. ognize, that particularly coming out of content base. an MPA or an MPA-ID – I don’t think Year to year, it’s always important to be the Kennedy School where many will My analogy is that if you think about employers focus too much on that. What smart about mapping the landscape of be conducting what we call a networked crossing a pond and you are leaping they know is that you’ve graduated what the markets look like. Right now, job search, it takes patience to ind the from lily pad to lily pad to get from one with a degree in public policy or public for the people who are looking for jobs right opening. It means talking to a lot side to the other, it’s not oten a straight administration from a leading – if not in U.S. federal government, there will of people. It means trusting that you are shot – so I would say deep breaths, have the leading – public policy school in the be jobs in federal government. I don’t as qualiied, as committed as anybody, faith and conidence and know that no country. think anyone knows yet what the efect and just because it might be taking a decision is forever. You might make of the sequester will be on employment, little time, there is nothing wrong with one decision today and realize there is Q: What skills are employers getting but one might anticipate that there will you. another decision or a diferent decision by hiring a Kennedy School graduate? be fewer federal jobs available. his may And sometimes when you get rejected to be made down the way. from things, or told no, or you send a A: It’s all over the map. As anyone who have a ripple efect on our employment resume somewhere and you never hear Q: What resources does the career has gone here knows, some people chose numbers this year; we just don’t know at back – that can be really demoralizing. I oice continue to provide graduates to focus on content speciicity – really this point. So if I were coaching some- think leaning on each other, leaning on ater they graduate? building an expertise in a speciic policy one looking at U.S. federal government, us, leaning on the other support systems domain – some folks focus more on I would suggest that they have a Plan A: Students should not think for a here at the school is really, really impor- building a skill set whether it’s leader- B and a Plan C. We might think about minute that the services of the oice tant. And, lastly, just to have faith that ship or negotiation, or other skills. where they can leverage their skill set in are not open to them once they gradu- those numbers don’t lie. While it might I think in general, people who come state or local government or in the non- ate. We are deinitely here. We see a lot feel like you are going through a tunnel out of here have a tremendous ground- proit or private sector as they wait for of people in the summer, and we are and you can’t see the end of it, you will ing in strategic thinking, strategic analy- things to shake out a bit in government. really here forever. Folks have access get to the end of it. So, keep your energy sis, quantitative analysis (for some of our I think it’s always smart to have a multi- to JACK [the career database] through up about this, keep on your plan, main- degrees), rigorous training on how to faceted approach in case your primary their alumni login (as opposed to their tain a sense of humor, and lean on your approach a problem (particularly, public target market is experiencing a down- student login) so they should take friends and family for support. Just real- problems) and how to think about solu- turn in any given year. advantage of those job postings. Clearly, ize that, in the end, it will be OK. tions. One of the things that is really I really believe that one of the reasons graduates are going to want to access the true about a Kennedy School degree – that our employment numbers for the Q: What advice/encouragement alumni network – particularly through at least from my own perspective – is Kennedy School have held so consist- should I give my graduate if he/she our LinkedIn group. Finally, students that we train our students to solve these ently high, even in a down economy, is doesn’t have a job? should know that – as far as career ser- problems in the context of public life or that the nature of the Kennedy School vices go – graduation is not an ending civic life – or to pay attention to politics degree is so diverse. In other words, A: I guess I would just ask that family at all. or to the speciics of how things get done our degree and our students can really members and friends have conidence in a complex global world where solu- work in so many diferent places that in that all of the data shows us that the Q: Any other advice to students as they tions maybe are not so linear, but where if one part of the economy goes south Kennedy School degree is a very, very, accept their diplomas today? a whole host of stakeholders need to be or if one industry isn’t hiring in a given very marketable brand in the world and A: It’s really a time to celebrate. For all involved. year, our students have options because that our graduates end up doing fabu- of us, this is a time to celebrate, cer- When we talk with employers, one of they are so well positioned. It’s not like lous things. tainly with our graduates, all their family a school where we are training students the things we really like to highlight for Q: What do I do if I feel my graduate members, everyone who has invested for three narrow streams of a profession them is that when you hire a Kennedy has settled for a job and I think he/she so much in this. We are really a family and if one of those falls of the end of the School graduate you are getting some- can get a better one? of people who care about making the one who really knows how to address Earth, our people are in really big trou- world a better place and that’s a wonder- complex problems, in the context of how ble. It just doesn’t happen for us. A: It’s important for everyone to remem- ful family to be in. From the employ- things really happen and how things get ber that it is not just the irst job out of ment perspective, we have conidence done – particularly in a public context. Q: What advice do you give graduates the Kennedy School that is the return that people will leverage this degree to in this tough climate? on investment that people have made make a diference in the world. Q: With the sequester in the public A: In any time, patience and persever- here both in time, money and opportu- sector and a contracted private sector, ance is very, very important – to rec- nity cost. If you look at the career paths

NEWS 1–9 | OPINIONS 10–17 | CULTURE 18–23 8 THECITIZEN | Wednesday, May 29, 2013 CITIZENNEWS ‘You can’t have it all’ – Dean Fortunato’s advice to students for a great Kennedy School experience Continued from page 4 of students behind me and the Dean have brilliant ideas. here is a legion of has to ofer, and several months into it, starting point of the conversation has to and others. It was the fastest moving people out there with brilliant ideas and don’t feel like they have a coherent sense be backtracking and telling people what building project that I have ever been a lot of them sit on the shelf, because no of why they are here. I think that people this is about, and only then, launching involved with. We met and approved one wants to work with them and they should to talk to people and ask for help. into what amazing things happen here. this project in May of 2010 and we were have not put the investment of actu- I don’t say that in any patronizing way; functioning in September. I think the ally getting to know and engage with we all need help, we all need mentors Q: What is the greatest obstacle in space is modest in scope but I think it people. So I guess one thing I would and advisers to igure out how we want achieving greater understanding of the has worked. caution myself and others in the future to intentionally navigate where we want oferings at HKS? I think creating the Oice of Diversity is to make sure you are out and about to go. A: I think some of it is a messaging and and Inclusion is an important stake in connecting with the people who you are A good thing also is that the Kennedy communications issue. People histori- the ground, and the Dean and Executive supposed to be working with as much as School is not going anywhere. I hope cally get what a lawyer or doctor does, Dean were extremely supportive of that. you can. people engage with the Kennedy School And things like the HKS Talent Show but I don’t know if we have the best Q: What is one thing you wish most ten years down the road, whether it is distilled message of what this is. I think and the Day of Service did not exist in coming back for an Executive Educa- those forms before I arrived. I was not students had known at the beginning the blessing, and the challenge, of the of their HKS experience? tion program, or being involved with co- Kennedy School is that we have such a the sole driver but I feel very proud of curricular life as an alum. hat’s a place diverse range of interests, areas of con- leveraging teams to make those things A: I think the bufet of the Kennedy where we need to do a lot more work. centration, and perspectives, that at happen. School is extraordinary and also over- I think our relationships are the most whelming at certain times. hrough- times, it can feel a little bit more difused Q: Why a talent show? important assets we have at the Kennedy and less coherent. here is a point of out everyone’s time here, one thing I School. We don’t necessarily leverage celebrating the diversity of thoughts and A: he Talent Show is also a great oppor- have tried to advocate to students is that our alumni population as efectively as interest, and then there is also the need tunity to see the humanity in people, in you can’t have it all. I think sometimes we can. I know there are people who are to really have some measure of focus on everyone from the Dean to the students people arrive here and are excited and focusing their energies on that now and mission – what we are trying to achieve. to faculty. At the end of the day we are overwhelmed by everything this place are hopeful. We get it because we are here every day; focused on public service, which is I think people outside of academia and about policy, but is really about people outside of Kennedy School don’t neces- and our humanity and ability to engage sarily quite get it. We need to keep rein- and connect with one another. Some- ing our message. times when we are able to be human and I also hope that – as an institution poke fun at ourselves and really have a – we can ind a better balance between good time with the community, I think what individual centers and individ- that does a lot for a place like this. ual degree programs are trying to get Q: If you had it all to do over ... What accomplished, while making sure that would you have done diferently? we as a community are connected. A: I think the range of work for my posi- Q: What has been your proudest tion, which is everything from all the moment at HKS? aspects of enrollment (like recruitment, A: I feel that the proudest achieve- admissions and inancial aid), to career ments that I have had here have been the services, the academic administration result of my work with a team of people. of all the programs, student services, When I got here, the Study didn’t exist. and everything in between; it some- I arrived at a time when students were times puts you in a position where you actually collecting data and putting are having to sit behind your computer together a really thoughtful advocacy a whole lot more than you care to. I feel [project] to the Dean about the need for like I have been in far too many long dedicated student space. I also believe meetings and in front of a computer very strongly that students need a space screen, when the thing I love the most is – that can be a social and engaging space actually spending time with the students –but also a learning space on difer- who need to have their Dean of Students ent levels that belongs to them. hings to be as visible as possible. came together quickly. A research center his is what I told the incoming stu- moved out of the space, and I capital- dents of the Blair Academy – it is not ized on the moment, with a whole legion enough to be smart, it is not enough to

NEWS 1–9 | OPINIONS 10–17 | CULTURE 18–23 THECITIZEN | Wednesday, May 29, 2013 9 CITIZENNEWS HKS in the News: Top Media Mentions of Faculty Each month, several faculty members A new Washington Post/Pew poll ments to put away a certain percentage average teacher would increase the pre- are consulted on topics ranging from gives some measure of how the public is of income, or automatic pension con- sent value of students’ lifetime income national security to economic develop- turning away. Only one in four Ameri- tributions — “could increase household by more than $250,000.” ment to trade relations. heir quotes cans is following news of the sequester. saving much more, at a much lower cost As other nations prosper, so will appear in he Boston Globe, Politico And as Chris Cillizza and Aaron Blake to the government.” United States and he New York Times (among many wrote in Tuesday’s Post, “Not only are … “We’re inding that if you want to he Miami Herald, April 14, 2013 media outlets). Collectively, they help most people paying very little attention increase savings, you have to use pas- Robert Lawrence of the Mossavar- shape how the greater community to the sequester, they also have only the sive policies, not active which rely on Rahmani Center provides commentary understands policy decisions. he Citi- faintest sense of what it would do. Fewer you going out and doing something,” on emerging economies. zen has selected a few of these mentions than one in ive, or 18%, in the Post-Pew says John Friedman, an assistant profes- Excerpt: “Trade with emerging to highlight topics of interest through- poll say they understand ‘very well’ what sor of public policy at Harvard’s John economies has been assigned a villain- out the year. would happen if the sequester went into F. Kennedy School of Government and ous role that far exceeds its impact, as hanks to the Oice of Communica- efect.” a co-author of the study. “If I force you demonstrated by new research we have tions and Public Afairs for helping to Cillizza and Blake argue that far more to save more” or if a company’s retire- conducted … Many think trade with compile the list. people paid attention to the iscal clif ment plan has an automatic minimum Mexico and emerging economies in Don’t Perpetuate a ‘Culture of Endless because their taxes might go up. Fair contribution unless employers choose Latin America and elsewhere will make Money’ enough, but in my conversations, people otherwise, “the fact that you are not Americans poorer because emerging he New York Times, September 9 were mostly fed up with the soap opera.” paying attention is what will actually economies have become more formi- Linda Bilmes discusses Defense Depart- Was the Iraq War Worth Its Cost to the make you save more …Our data suggest dable competitors. But we ind that ment spending. U.S.? that an automatic contribution policy, or emerging country growth actually raises Excerpt: “Pentagon spending has Bloomberg, March 19 default, would be much more efective. American living standards because these nearly doubled in the past decade – not Meghan O’Sullivan of the Belfer Center It would cost the government a little bit other countries are not major com- including the extra billions sunk into provides commentary on the Iraq War. to get irms to do it, but nowhere near as petitors for U.S. exporting industries, Iraq and Afghanistan. his military Excerpt: “Ten years ater the over- much” as the government spends now and they sell America imports at lower spending spree is one of the reasons that throw of Saddam Hussein, Americans, on tax incentives — “and you would prices.” U.S. debt has risen to $16 trillion. Iraqis and others are asking whether the get a much, much bigger bang for your buck.” Why not measure how well govern- …he amount we spend on defense past decade of U.S. involvement in Iraq ment works? ought to be directly related to the was worth it … Given the several still- Outsiders Should Evaluate Teachers as he Washington Post, April 15 threats we face to our global security. undetermined variables and the wide Well as Students Jefrey Liebman of the Malcolm Wiener hese threats are not correlated with variety of plausible outcomes, it is too Bloomberg, April 2 Center is quoted in a discussion on our G.D.P., and it makes little sense to early to bring inal judgment on Ameri- Edward Glaeser of the Taubman Center measuring the efectiveness of govern- increase defense spending without irst can eforts in Iraq even 10 years on. It is and the Rappaport Institute writes on ment. auditing the current budget. plausible that Iraq, for all the pain and evaluating teachers. Excerpt: “If Washington ever hopes …Until the department reforms its trouble it caused, will eventually come to Excerpt: “he most important deter- to provide the services voters say they budgeting and accounting practices, be seen as a good investment. It is also minant of educational quality is teacher want, at the tax rates voters say they’re it will simply continue to waste hun- equally and, at this point, more conceiv- quality. Yet, as a recent study of school willing to pay, economists say the gov- dreds of billions of dollars every year on able that continued strife and sectarian- principals’ permissiveness in teacher ernment will need to ramp up its eforts unnecessary, duplicative administrative ism in Iraq will add to the turbulence evaluations and a cheating scandal in to igure out which programs work and functions oten performed by contrac- of the region. Iraq may continue to be Atlanta show, this performance is dii- which ones don’t, and shit resources tors and sub-contractors, without any a headache at best, and a fundamental cult to measure. accordingly. true understanding of the results.” challenge at worst, to American eforts he best way forward is to move …“It’s imperative to be able to show Americans sick of budget soap opera in the Middle East for years to come.” the evaluation of teachers outside the that the things [voters’] tax dollars are CNN, February 27 How to Make Americans Really Save schools entirely, with standardized tests being spent on work, and that we’re David Gergen of the Center for Public CNBC, April 2 administered by an independent agency. trying to improve performance and do Leadership writes on the federal budget. John Friedman is quoted in an article his would be supplemented by class- it in a data-driven way,” Liebman said. Excerpt: “One of the foremost duties covering his research on retirement sav- room assessments based on unobtrusive “hat’s just good stewardship.” of Congress is to pass a budget: It has ings. videotaping, also judged by outsiders, … Liebman’s most speciic proposal failed for four straight years. Repub- Excerpt: “Researchers working with including teachers’ representatives. would change the low of federal money licans, especially in the House, have the Center for Retirement Research at Researchers have long noted the to state and local governments. He continually refused to meet the White Boston College have looked into the power that teachers have over student would require that 1 percent of such House halfway. Meanwhile, a presi- most efective, and cost-efective, way test scores. grants be set aside for programs whose dent who promised to be a solution for a government to promote savings — …My Harvard colleagues Raj Chetty efectiveness has been proven through has become part of the problem. Ever and according to their indings, tax sub- and John Friedman, together with Jonah randomized or other rigorous research since his re-election, Barack Obama has sidies aren’t it. Rockof, link school data with evidence methods. Over time, the requirement seemed more intent on campaigning ... hey found that automatic saving on adult earnings and ind that replac- would rise to 5 percent.” than governing. plans — either government require- ing a teacher “in the bottom 5% with an

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12 THECITIZEN | Wednesday, May 29, 2013 CITIZENREFLECTIONS The Legacy of the Terror Attack in Boston The importance of not changing the values that deine us By Jon Murad, MC-MPA’13 irst bomb went of iteen feet behind us forestall many conspiracies. Coopera- successfully. In counterterrorism, New Staf Writer and to our right. Ater people led, Mike tion between federal, state and local law York’s eforts have avoided unacceptable and I did what we could, mostly helping enforcement and government has been tradeofs between liberty and security. hey had come from Cambridge and to tear down the barricades and scaf- strong; It needs to be stronger still. Nevertheless, New Yorkers look at things Boston, of course, and from Burling- folds separating the irst responders in In the coming months, entities across diferently now. Before the Marathon, an ton and Lowell and Worchester. hey the race course from the casualties on the public service and public policy abandoned bag in Penn Station meant had come from Connecticut and New the sidewalk, before police directed us spectra will assess and react to the terror something diferent than one in South Hampshire, from Maine and New York. to leave. here was a lot of carnage – dif- in Boston. Many of our classmates will Station. his is no longer the case. hey had come from Chicago, from ferent from anything I’d experienced as be involved in that work. Terrorist inci- his change has been felt in Boston, Quebec, from a cop or detec- dents in the homeland are black swans: at Harvard, and, naturally, at MIT. By Australia. hou- tive, and I’d seen hey are unlikely events whose rarity every account, from that of the MIT sands of law- “For those of us leaving this school some terrible lends them disproportionate impact Chief of Police to those of MIT students enforcement who will help formulate reactions things. Being out and makes rational analysis diicult. and faculty, Oicer Sean Collier was a oicers gathered of uniform, part Although they carry real risks of engen- model cop who embodied the idea that at MIT on April to the terror that occasioned victim and part dering overreaction, it may be that when protecting a community means being 24, to honor his sacriice, the challenge is responder, made protecting people’s lives there is no such a part of it. For those of us leaving this slain MIT Police to ensure that protecting the it worse: here’s thing –so long as our laws and values school who will help formulate reactions Oicer Sean Col- community means changing it as a sense of pur- remain intact. I do not speak for the to the terror that occasioned his sacri- lier. I am a ser- pose and even NYPD in any oicial capacity, but the ice, the challenge is to ensure that pro- geant with the little as possible.” invulnerability NYPD has navigated the line between tecting the community means changing New York City in uniform, and I security and freedom lawfully and, from it as little as possible. Police Depart- – Jon Murad, MC-MPA’13 didn’t feel either an objective public-safety standpoint, ment, and I also that day. stood in the sur- hat sense of prisingly hot sun that day. vulnerability was not just mine: It was Not the irst time, and not the last: pervasive, and seeped into the city and I’ve been to more police funerals than the country. For most Americans, the I like to count. Sean Collier’s memorial twelve years since Sept. 11 have been was diferent. In New York, for a violent bewilderingly free of terrorism. Other line-of-duty death like Oicer Collier’s, parts of the world—Bali, Moscow, it’s not unusual for nine or ten thou- Madrid, Beslan, London, Mumbai and sand NYPD oicers to stand in their many more – have been victimized by dress blues, lining the street leading to violent extremism, and in some places – the church or funeral home, four or ive Israel, Pakistan, Iraq, and Afghanistan, deep for half a mile or more. So I’d seen for example – acts of terror have been as many cops, but never from so many horrifyingly ubiquitous. In America, agencies. And I’d never seen a gover- however, many people would be hard nor, a senator, and the Vice President of pressed to recall speciic incidents. the United States rise to speak at a cop’s Maybe they would mention Fort Hood, funeral, much less heard live music from maybe the Times Square attempt. Oth- James Taylor. erwise, nothing. But then again, Oicer Collier’s he truth is more complicated. here memorial wasn’t just about the murder have been many other incidents, some of an exemplary young oicer, one who successful and some not, and plots was proof that police can embrace – and galore. (New York City alone has seen at be embraced by – the communities they least sixteen.) And there are more tips serve and protect. It was about the mara- and leads and potential malefactors than thon too. anyone can fully weigh, much less moni- Nine days earlier, on Patriots’ Day, tor: he TIDE terrorist database alone fellow Kennedy School student Mike has hundreds of thousands of entries. Finn and I were at the inish line of the Numerous law enforcement agen- Boston Marathon. We were waiting for cies, particularly the FBI and NYPD, two other HKS friends to cross when the have done a great deal to preempt and

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14 THECITIZEN | Wednesday, May 29, 2013 CITIZENREFLECTIONS Give my love to Cambridge, Mass. This year’s gift of renewed faith and sense of immense possibilities By Jaya Bhagat, MC-MPA’13 & Mason country had drained me. I came to Har- strong, vibrant, pugnacious and coura- me when I needed them. I learned again Fellow, Opinions Editor vard and the Mason Fellows program, geous. his year together, in many ways, the promise and necessity of passing ready to rest a bit, step back and take a brought out the best in many of us. this support and positivity on. his year he letter ofering me admission to Har- breath … maybe even smell the roses. his “never say die” spirit could be gave me a renewed sense of gratitude vard in April 2012 brought with it the It didn’t take me long to realize that seen in a classmate who rowed in the and a belief in immense possibilities. promise of new beginnings. I had probably got the bit about “rest- regatta on the Charles ater just a couple he world outside HKS may at times As I was preparing to travel to the ing” wrong. Homework, exams, talks of months out on the water, in another seem on a path to destruction. Yet, in United States for a year as a mid-career in the Forum, study groups, papers and who ran the Boston Marathon for the every conlict that may bedevil our in Cambridge, one of my seniors in the the sheer number of choices made every kids at Read Boston and in the many nations or in every enterprise that may civil services in India, who had been day exhilarating with immense variety who contributed towards a book of require cooperation, I now realize that a Mason Fellow at Harvard Kennedy and possibility. he year that followed poetry that spoke of our changing the my friends and classmates will make School many years ago, said two things allowed for contemplation, inquiry, curi- world by being “better together.” a diference. Our common bond will to me. “My time at HKS was the best osity, challenges and sheer hard work in his large heart could be seen in the endure and come back to inform our year of my life.” He paused and sotly equal measure. I am now, on the other creation of a class fund so as to ensure choices even when we return to familiar, continued, “Give my love to Cambridge, side of this year, a transformed person. that no new baby born into the mid- busy home environments. It will be dii- Ma s s .” Renewed in many ways by the learning career family went unwelcomed, and cult to demonize the other side in a con- His nostalgia caught me of guard and and friendships that came my way both in the heroic eforts of many fellow stu- lict so quickly, because you would have I couldn’t comprehend it fully. A golden within and outside the classroom. dents to take on the bidding system at had lunch in the forum with some of year draws to a close and, as I graduate, What made this class and cohort at HKS (slaying the dragon would’ve been them or held their young child in your now I do understand. HKS so diferent from others I had par- easier). arms. It will be diicult to turn your A wise monk many years ago said that ticipated in? For one, the sheer variety his constant grace of our common back on another less fortunate country, “the journey is the destination.” I came and diferent kinds of nations, regions humanity was found in continued spe- because you would remember the light to Cambridge as part of a mid-career and ethnicities represented by my fellow cial eforts that my classmates made – of patriotism and service that burned in cohort full of students from many difer- students made for a striking immedi- the family outings, the karaoke nights, your classmate’s eyes as he spoke about ent corners of the world, bringing along acy of impact that battered down even the dinners for seven, the talks organ- giving back to his nation. with them a vibrant mix of their distinct the most insular walls. he mid-career ized to foster an inter-faith understand- So, to my classmates and friends at cultures and languages. You could call cohort included a Cambodian monk, a ing where priests and imams came to HKS, I say—for those of us who will the mid-careers a mini-United Nations – Navy seal, a real life poet who was not speak to us and in the op-eds and poems take the road less traveled, I laud you. but unlike the UN – we got a lot done in starving in a garret, an artiicial intelli- that many of us contributed to he Citi- For those of us who will do their duty by this one year. gence robotics mogul and a presidential zen—contributions that spoke fervently their nation, I admire you. You have my Mid-careers are the senior student candidate, and of course the usual com- of treasuring our religious pluralism and afection and my kinship. And I know, citizens of the Harvard Kennedy School plement of strategists, advisers to Prime precious community. that this sense of recognition and friend- (HKS). Or let me rephrase this, mid- Ministers, development experts, non- he strength of purpose I observed ship that we have created in this year careers are the more “experienced” stu- proit mavens, anti-corruption ighters, in my friends and classmates perhaps together, gives me a call on your afec- dents at HKS, who have seen the world IT change makers and human rights found its roots in the fact that many of tion and your loyalty. and a bit more. his leads to much leg activists. But what really made my class- us had battled diicult beginnings, being Albert Schweitzer said, “In every- pulling from the younger students in mates most special was our “never say poor, being alone and sufering loss, and one’s life, at some time, our inner ire the other programs at HKS. Until of die” spirit. And as the year meandered yet so many chose with quiet courage to goes out. It is then burst into lame by an course, mid-careers start asking ques- on, the new found resonance and ability invest a year’s time and savings and walk encounter with another human being. tions in class or speak up about running to stick by each other in tough times and away from cushy jobs to come here, start We should all be thankful for those that company that the other student is to try and listen to each other in easier anew and seek to serve. people who rekindle the inner spirit.” now trying to get into. My mid-career climes grew apace. his year taught me to salute the cour- I came to HKS knowing no one here. classmates have been there and done Cambridge and New England threw age of my friends and classmates. As a And now leave with friends, support- that. We’ve failed and then failed some everything possible at us in the one year mid-career you know what the world ers, kindred spirits- tied together by our more. As we were told by a professor in we were here. From a small earthquake can be like – both its stolid drudgery common identity as fellow travelers and our irst introductory session last year, to a historic hurricane – Sandy – to a and its quicksilver romance. Yet for so by the deep recognition forged during the fact that we had taken a year out of bitter winter snowstorm, Neo, and the many of my classmates there was noth- this one year at Harvard. our lives to be at HKS indicated that we man-made tragedies at Newtown next ing “mid” about the leadership and self- he next voyage beckons. Yet, the needed to get away from our non-HKS door and the Boston Marathon bomb- lessness that they brought with them. sense of comfort and endless possibili- environment at this point in time. We ings. My time here at HKS made me ties that accompany it are a git from the needed a “re-boot.” Yet, life teaches us resilience and understand the power of possibility that blessed circle of friendship this year has I know that I for one desperately it also teaches us that for every hard friendship and time and space together given me. needed a change when I arrived in Cam- knock that one faces, the failure lies not can create. I consciously learned to Yes. It has been a year well lived. bridge. My work in administering the in falling down but in not getting up never, for a moment, forget that I was For those who shall follow…..Do give largest public health program in the again. I watched my classmates’ reaction here thanks to the support and wishes of my love to Cambridge, Mass. world and in battling corruption in my to each of these hard knocks – it was so many people who had been there for

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16 THECITIZEN | Wednesday, May 29, 2013 CITIZENREFLECTIONS Column: What Shih Said (Musings from a Former Editor) Farewell: Of Commencements and Conclusions

By Irene Shih, MPP’13 busy looking ahead and waving behind, ences you have lived through are worth self on the playground and participate, at what point are we simply here? Let’s a great deal, even if they don’t land you these kinds of losses are not necessarily To My HKS Family: not conlate the weight of an ending where you’d hoped to go next. Even if failures. hey shit our world, but they with the lightness of new beginnings. It they don’t seem airmed by a succes- don’t deine it. We deine it - by taking it For this inal, graduation issue, I am muddles the platitude we all subscribe sion of exciting prospects. By all means, with us, and moving forward. Perhaps grateful to be back in the pages of he to: Be present. Be here. Live now. pursue happiness. But – dare I suggest – it’s too convenient to say that all disap- Citizen again – our newspaper marked I was twenty-one years old when my maybe you are happy today, even facing pointments are meant to be, but in the many beginnings and ends during my good friend taught me to ride a bike. an unknowable tomorrow. Delusions of absence of kismet, consider how liber- two years here, and I couldn’t be happier As I circled the basketball court at an security notwithstanding, we are always ated you are to search for the next inspi- to share my farewell with you as I await elementary school, my friend told me facing an unknowable tomorrow. Might ration. Yes, this is meant to coax us away my diploma and look to the road ahead. to alternate between looking down at as well enjoy today. from cynicism, but who says comfort People who comprehend the weight the pavement and looking ahead at the Please take that moment. And then can’t also ring true? of an ending know the respect it merits. scenery. he trick was to not ixate on consider the following: he next big thing will come, and will Of course, I so oten fail to recognize an Every gen- end. And we will keep moving, peek- ending when I see one that it’s helpful eration has had ing around the next corner and the to have someone else throw me a party to deine what corner ater that, letting way lead onto (a ceremony, if you will) to airm, in no “So, take a moment. Before we commence and after mattered to way and glancing back every so oten uncertain terms, that this phase in my we conclude – sit, for moment, in that limbo. And them in the con- to ask, “Was it all worth it? Did I make life has concluded. Commencements be okay with the fact that what comes next doesn’t text of what was the right decisions? How can my past do us the kindness of granting inality, possible. Some inform my future?” All that will happen which we so rarely have. deine what came before.” take risks (big in good time, but I urge us not to be so As I re-enter the job market and once and small) to try cautious about life beyond the Kennedy again join the fray, I ind myself looking Irene Shih, MPP’13 out what they School and outside these four build- for the kind of work that might justify thought they ings. If we take a moment to accept that the years I spent building my résumé wanted. he real we are happy and that this – regard- and stacking one degree atop another. any one available perspective, because it lesson of these narratives is not to say less of what follows – has been worth- here’s more freedom (and ergo uncer- might distort the experience and create that dreams don’t change, nor to say that while, it removes the pressure we place tainty) that comes with a policy degree, avoidable blind spots. So I looked up, what we want will be the same as the on the future to deine what is valuable but still – the next stop better make all looked down, and (very occasionally) journey we’re meant to have. Foresight is about the past. It removes the weight we this time, efort and money worth it – threw a glance to the side and back. not a fact of life place on the destination, and distributes amirite? I’ll content myself with the fact What I learned in those late-blooming An exhilarating fact of life, however, it across every part of the experience. that there’s probably no cha-ching at days was that a simple ride comprised of is that you can try. You can play, the way Look up, look down, and occasionally the end of this rainbow, but surely I’ve many diferent purposes – so oten we children mold sand and dream a dream. look to the side and back. Isn’t the breeze inched closer to the life I want to have. focus on the destination that we forget You can test and reshape your notion nice? And isn’t it great that you’ve inally Except that if we measure our expe- the breeze and the zipping gears and of how life ought to be lived. Know that accomplished something you could riences by where we land next, then even the simple fact that a 21-year-old the 25-year-old who wants a penthouse never have known that you would? maybe graduation isn’t about honoring was inally doing something she never and ive girlfriends may not always lead Farewell. We’re ready. Onward. an ending, but about pushing us to the thought she could. Minutia make up the to the 40-year-old who has - or wants open window before we’ve accepted that meaning in every experience. – exactly that (which is not such a bad Irene Shih is a second-year MPP and a door has closed. We call it “commence- So, take a moment. Before we com- thing). Dreams oten change, and even aspiring professional writer. Her blog, ment” because it’s easier to celebrate a mence and ater we conclude – sit, for when they come true, all things in life http://whatshihsaid.com, elaborates on a commencement than it is to mull over moment, in that limbo. And be okay look rough in high deinition. (Espe- range of issues from political to personal. a conclusion. Every year, without fail, with the fact that what comes next cially celebrities.) Please send feedback to her at irene_ graduation speeches heroically build doesn’t deine what came before. Don’t Maybe the start-up doesn’t work out [email protected]. us up for the next big thing – what they let the chase dampen your cheer. he and you never write the great Ameri- don’t mention is that all future becomes choices you have made and experi- can novel. Maybe. But if you put your- past, and the real question is, if we’re so

NEWS 1–9 | OPINIONS 10–17 | CULTURE 18–23 THECITIZEN | Wednesday, May 29, 2013 17 CITIZENREFLECTIONS Our responsibility as graduates: A calling to serve

Continued from page 15 mixed methods in our evaluation, and tions? ated through practically every class and living conditions or brought new per- learn how innovators adapt and impro- How can we listen more efectively? conversation I have been a part of in spectives to diicult global issues that vise as they recognize their interven- Who do we listen to? What do we this past year. All of our courses have could transform the way we exist. In tions are not working. I have also been listen for? How do we identify shared a certain intentionality that gives us a each of the centers are resources and very moved by the irsthand narratives and opposing interests, and the underly- glimpse into the lifetime’s work of many books as unique as they are diverse. In of our friends who have given their lives ing values at stake? Slowly, we discover teams of people, reining their artistry the library, we spend countless hours, to serve the poor and marginalized. the capacity to understand the com- each step of the way. Each bit adds up, encountering the rich archives that have We are all called to serve. plex systems that we are a part of and creating this spirit of gentleness and become part of the tradition of this uni- In a most profound way, I have been to unveil the missing perspectives that humility, which will always resonate versity. provoked and enlightened. Diferent were always there, but we somehow with me. Let us not forget the poor. courses and conversations have chal- could not see. Perhaps those words of John F. Ken- Our school has stimulated in me the lenged my assumptions about what lead- More questions. nedy are the only itting way to end our promise that it is possible to alleviate ership needs to look like in our increas- How can we intervene and bring year. We have no reason to ever stop sufering and poverty. We are shown ingly polarized and unequal world. attention to problematic realities? What asking what we can do. how music can be made even in slums. Recent events in Boston and everywhere does the work at the center look like? else remind us with tremendous sad- Who can we partner with to bring this Christopher Lien is a Mid-Career Masters We are taught by professors who have of Public Administration student and an spent their lives deining the challenges ness how much healing and reconcilia- work to life? How can we improvise tion the world needs. How can we have and continue to be creative? How can we Edward S Mason Fellow from Singapore. of illiteracy, disenfranchisement and He is a hospital-based Geriatrician and more. We also reine our ability to draw honest and sincere conversations not hear the song beneath the words? just across nations but also across fac- hese many questions have perme- will return to his profession ater this year attention to resource discrepancies, use at the Kennedy School.

In loving memory… For my beloved Shilpi You shall for ever live in our hearts! (Sep 4th 1973 – May 8th 2013)

I still remember the Saturday morn- in our lives that we can hardly imag- ing of May 9, 1998 when I irst met ine life without you. I admire your you and realized that we are made for grit and strength of having braved each other. As we would oten talk, that this dreaded disease for the last three day and the following days, weeks and years and doing everything to make months, it felt that we had known each our lives comfortable until the very other forever. When we got married in end. I feel guilty of having failed you, July that year, we took vows to be with as I had promised that I will not let each other for not only this life, but for anything happen to you. I was scared all lives to come. of facing Khushi and Kartikeya on that weekly hospital visits and two surger- until quite late. It’s only now that I realize that being unfortunate Wednesday evening of ies. Me, Khushi and Kartikeya will for- with each other has a larger meaning. May 8, but was surprised when Khushi Without your strength, support ever cherish the times that we had, the Physically, we could be together only told me to be brave and strong and told and help, I wouldn’t have been able to jokes that we shared, the problems we for 15 years, but you will remain in our me that ‘She would cry, if I would’! I do my courses at Harvard. You went faced, the smile that you always wore hearts and minds forever. Till today, knew instantly, that it was not her, but through so much, yet your determi- and the lessons that you gave us. You neither me, nor Khushi, my daughter you, speaking … It’s all because of you nation of not disrupting normal life will forever live … with us … in our and Kartkeya, my son, feel that it’s all a that I have such lovely children. and letting kids enjoy regular shop- minds and hearts. bad dream and you are with us and will I know Gods and Doctors can fail ping trips and outings was unbeliev- Keep smiling … I love you my sweet- be there with us soon, physically also. you … but you will be with us forever able. I must admit that we were able to heart and will continue loving you I just don’t have words to say of what … I remember how you managed eve- lead such normal lives that many of my forever. you meant to us. You were such a pivot rything in the past year…even with classmates and friends did not actually Yours always, know the seriousness of your ailment -Abhishek Singh, MC/MPA’13

NEWS 1–9 | OPINIONS 10–17 | CULTURE 18–23 18 THECITIZEN | Wednesday, May 29, 2013 CITIZENCULTURE Breaking the HKS Bubble: Commencement Edition What to do during Graduation Weekend in Boston Editor’s Note: Boston native and aicionado Anthony Barrows has provided insider’s advice to exploring the region in his biweekly column ‘Breaking the HKS Bubble’. Past articles such as ‘Boston’s Best Dive Bars’ and ‘Where to Find Live Music in Boston’ can be found at www.thehkscitizen.com. By Anthony Barrows, MC/MPA’13 Staf Writer

Commencement is upon us. his is a time illed with family, friends, celebration and ceremony. It’s also an opportunity to tour loved ones around your home for the last year (or two). If you are still looking for ideas or activities to ill their stay, here are some fun ways to explore Boston during commencement weekend. hanks for reading ‘Breaking the HKS Bubble’, and I hope you leave Harvard with a little bit of Boston in your heart!

Enjoy the Cambridge River Festival

If you want to stick close to HKS but escape the Harvard bubble, you’re in luck!  Cambridge River Festival. Photo Credit: City of Cambridge.  Boston Public Garden. Photo Credit: Friendsofthepublicgarden.org. he 34th annual Cambridge River Festival is happening from noon to 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 1. A literal stone’s throw from campus, this free festival includes dozens of musical acts, dancers, artists and performers as well as a slew of food vendors. he Cambridge River Festival will be on Memorial Drive between JFK Street and Western Avenue.

Bring the kids to Boston Common & the Public Gardens If you’ve got young ones in your entourage, a trip downtown is in order. Apart from being the country’s oldest public park (founded in 1634, two years before Harvard), the Common is a great place to let the kids loose. Its 50 acres include plenty of grass and trees, lots of monuments and statues, a playground, and the iconic Frog Pond. Although the spray pool won’t be open for another couple weeks, the carousel is in full operation and is a nice treat for the young ones. Just across Charles Street is Boston’s Public Garden, established in 1837. About half the size of the Common, the Garden is full of statues and carefully-tended lora which should be in full bloom for your visit. he real centerpiece in the summer is the pond: Every kid who visits Boston should get a ride on the historic Swan Boats, a deal at $3 for adults and half that for kids.  Boston Haymarket. Photo Credit: www.northeastern.edu. Boston Common is directly above Park Street Station on the Red & Green Lines.

Explore Haymarket A quick walk from the Common and Public Garden is Haymarket, another his- toric Boston locale. his open-air produce marketplace has been a ixture in Boston since the 1830s and is undoubtedly the cheapest place to buy fruits and vegetables in the area. Haymarket is centered around the Blackstone Block, a series of streets from Boston’s earliest days that retain their original 1600s layout. Open on Fridays and Saturdays starting at 6 a.m., this bustling warren of street vendors is a throwback to the days when Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market were the locus of commerce in Boston. You can get cheap fruit to nibble, eat at the Union Oyster House (this country’s oldest restaurant) or simply soak in the atmosphere. If you look closely, you can even ind bronze sculptures of market detritus embedded in the sidewalks. Haymarket is easily accessible at Haymarket Station on the Orange and Green Lines.

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Have a Sam Adams at the Brewery he Boston beer with a patriot’s name has its brewing headquarters in Jamaica Plain, the Boston neighborhood I’m proud to call home. he hour-long tours of the Boston brewery include a tasting session at the end where they oten serve new brews that haven’t yet hit the shelves. You even get to take the glass home with you! he $2 suggested price goes to a local charity, making it both inexpen- sive and something you can feel good about. here is also a free trolley to Doyle’s Cafe, a classic Boston bar which was the irst place in the country to serve Sammy on tap. Tours start at 10 a.m. Monday-Saturday and end in the early aternoon, so plan accordingly. Samuel Adams Brewery is at 30 Germania St, Boston, MA 02130 – convenient to Stony Brook Station on the Orange Line.

Celebrate Pride Week in Boston  Samuel Adams Brewery. Photo Credit: www.samueladams.com. Boston’s LGBT Pride Week starts on May 31 and runs until June 9. he big parade and festival aren’t until next Saturday, June 8, but there are plenty of fun things to do this weekend. Mayor homas Menino will kick of the week on Friday the 31 by overseeing the raising of the Pride Flag at Boston City Hall at noon. Saturday, June 1 is Pride Day at Boston’s Historic Faneuil Hall (directly behind City Hall across Congress St), with musicians and dancers performing from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. here will be plenty of unoicial celebrations of Pride Week across the city too. Be sure to check Boston Pride’s website for more details. Boston City Hall is at One City Hall Square, Boston, MA 02201 – just outside Government Center Station on the Green and Blue Lines.

Shop at SOWA Open Market Although you may miss the Pride Parade in Boston’s South End, you can still head there on Sunday to enjoy SOWA Open Market. SOWA is a shortened version of “South of Washington,” the area of the neighborhood closest to I-93 and South  Boston Pride Parade. Photo Credit: www.bostonpride.org. Boston. For the last ten years, SOWA has experienced rapid transformation into the arts- and dining-dominated neighborhood you see today. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, you can wander around the former industrial buildings along Harrison Avenue to purchase art, fashion and jewelry from local cratspeople, stock up on food from area farmers, and sample the wares of Boston’s food trucks. Be sure to wander into any of the galleries that happen to be open too. SOWA Open Market is in Boston’s South End along Harrison Avenue between Waltham and East Berkeley Streets – accessible on the Silver Line at Union Park Sta- tion.

Head out to the Harbor Islands One of Boston’s most underutilized natural resources, the islands and peninsu- las that make up Harbor Islands National Park are a must-do for nature and his- tory lovers. A short ferry ride from downtown Boston, they include a wide array of activities and incredible views of the city. Little Brewster is home to historic  SoWa Open Market. Photo Credit: www.sowaopenmarket.com. Boston Light, in operation since 1716. Bumpkin and Lovells are great for camping and hiking. Spectacle is a former landill that’s been transformed into a recreation haven complete with a swimmable beach. My favorite is Georges, home to Civil War-era Fort Warren, and reputedly haunted by the Lady in Black. Pop out there on Saturday the First to catch a game of vintage baseball played with 1860’s rules (think no gloves!). Harbor Islands ferries leave from 66 Long Wharf, Boston, MA 02110 – Aquarium Station on the Blue line.

 Boston Harbor Islands. Photo Credit: www.bostonharborislands.org.

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ACROSS DOWN 1. U.S. ruling that allows for 2. he mental space where two parties unrestricted, independent elections can make a deal spending 3. Taxes and subsidies can cause this 5. Inlexible demand loss 8. Tool to help policymakers decide 4. he U.S. Constitutional 11. A tax break for low wage families in Amendment that protects lobbying the U.S. 6. A claim to currency held by the 13. My fall-back option (negotiation) International Monetary Fund 16. Recently elected VZ president 7. Memorized, in Arts of Communication speak 17. Economics term for risky behavior 9. A lu vaccine creates a positive -- 19. Market value of all goods and services produced 10. An example of a monopsony 20. Act of making decision for others 12. Area where businesses pay an additional tax or fee 22. Sotware for data analysis 14. Targeted, timely and --- 24. Cooperation between the public and private sectors 15. he default in statistics 25. Former Mexican president and 18. He said ‘Binders full of Women’ graduate of HKS 21. Author of ‘A heory of Justice’ 23. Trade agreement in negotiation with Paciic countries How Well Do You Know Your Kennedy School Faculty? Match the name of the faculty with the book he or she authored.

___ Linda Bilmes A. Can America Compete? B. he Practice of Adaptive ___ Robert Z. Lawrence Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing your Organization and the World ___ Christopher N. Avery C. Ports in a Storm

___ John D. Donahue D. he End of Big: How the Internet Makes David the New Goliath E. he Early Admissions Game ___ Robert D. Behn F. Targeting in Social Programs: Avoiding Bad Bets and Removing ___ Kathy Edin Bad Apples G. Your Money or Your Life: Strong ___ Nicco Melle Medicine for America’s Health Care System ___ David M. Cutler H. Rethinking Democratic Accountability ___ Ronald Heifetz I. he hree Trillion Dollar War: he True Cost of the Iraq Conlict Answers on page 23 ___ Richard Zeckhauser J. Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood before Marriage

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Each year, the Kennedy School begins with a day of service in which incoming students spend a day volunteering at local nonproits and schools. This year, 440 members of the HKS community volunteered at 17 locations throughout the Boston area, including Cradles to Crayons, Cambridgeport School and Friends of Boston’s Homeless. Photo Courtesy of Martha Stewart. In a colorful and prize-winning act called ‘Brown Sugar’, students perform Indian dance moves at the Talent Show in April. Photo Courtesy of Martha Stewart.

Dean David Ellwood dances ‘HKS Style’ – a play of the popular South Adapting a catch phrase from the presidential debates, Kennedy School MPP Jann Spiess Korean song ‘Gangnam Style’ at the talent show in April. Which way to go? With Barack Obama of course! Kennedy School students campaign for Obama’s spent the HKS Halloween Party (at Fenway Park) snapping Polaroids of HKS women to ill the reelection in New Hampshire in October. school’s own ‘Binder full of Women.’

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THECITIZEN | Wednesday, May 29, 2013 23 CITIZENGAMES Answer Key

___ Linda Bilmes ___ Kathy Edin

___ Robert Z. Lawrence ___ Nicco Melle

___ Christopher N. Avery ___ David M. Cutler

___ John D. Donahue ___ Ronald Heifetz

___ Robert D. Behn ___ Richard Zeckhauser

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