Undergrads Criticize Cuts to Student Life
By LAUREN D. KIEL
Students criticized planned reductions in Quad shuttle service and hot breakfast offerings at four Town Hall Forums held Monday by Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds just hours after the changes were announced.
FAS Announces Broad Array of Budget Cuts
By BONNIE J. KAVOUSSI and ESTHER I. YI
Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith released an
extensive list of cost-cutting measures Monday afternoon—including
fewer hot breakfast offerings, the closure of two campus cafes, the
downgrading of three junior varsity teams to club status, and reduced
shuttle service.
 List of FAS Budget Cuts, May 11
Harvard May Trim Shuttle Services
By EDWARD-MICHAEL DUSSOM
The College’s shuttle-based transit system faces the possibility of significant service cutbacks for the 2009-2010 academic year, according to a letter released last Friday to all University Passenger Transport Services personnel.
Building Bridges, Shattering Stereotypes
By SPENCER H. HARDWICK
On a rainy April afternoon in Harvard Yard, Jeffrey Kwong ’09 stands on the steps of Widener Library with a fellow member of Students for Israel reading names from a list of 3.3 million Holocaust victims, Yahrzeit candles glowing at his feet.
CHL Debuts Revised Amnesty Policy
By BITA M. ASSAD and AHMED N. MABRUK
A student group leader who seeks medical assistance for an intoxicated or drug-impaired undergraduate will not face disciplinary charges from the College administration, according to the College’s revised amnesty policy, which was debuted at the Committee on House Life meeting last Thursday.
Survey Finds Less Swine Flu Fear
By HELEN X. YANG
Americans’ concerns about catching the H1N1 swine flu have decreased substantially over the past week, though more people have been taking action to protect themselves, according to a Harvard School of Public Health survey released Friday. |
College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds addresses a packed room of students at a town hall meeting in Cabot House on Monday. Students' questions focused on safety concerns surrounding planned cuts to shuttle service.
UC Passes Bill To Up Number of Reps
By BRITTANY M LLEWELLYN and ERIC P NEWCOMER
In its final meeting of the semester, the Undergraduate Council voted last night to pass the UC Reform Act, which alters its constitution to increase the body’s size from 35 to 51 representatives.
University Recruits Two New Faculty
By BONNIE J. KAVOUSSI
Harvard recruited two high-profile professors from other universities: Mark Kisin will join the Mathematics Department and Jerry X. Mitrovica will join the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences next year.
College To Keep Trips to Mexico
By MANNING DING
Harvard will not restrict international travel—including trips to Mexico—in response to the Swine Flu epidemic, University leaders decided last week.
Building the Public Domain
By CHRISTIAN B. FLOW
The deposition of Joel Tenenbaum, alleged file-downloader, alleged file-sharer, took place at 9:15 on a Wednesday morning late last September, in the skyscraper-bound Boston law offices of the commercial law firm Robinson and Cole.
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A Mockery of Meritocracy
By THE CRIMSON STAFF
Although his departure is unlikely to upset the court’s ideological status quo—as it is assumed that Obama will replace him with a similarly liberal justice—Souter also held other judicial notions that his successor ought to exemplify.
The End of Appeasement
By ANTHONY J. BONILLA
Negotiating with a group as radical as the Taliban is an exercise in futility—with a little help from its friends, the Pakistani government can and should continue mobilizing its military to take back the country for its citizens.
Why I’m Pro-Protest
By MAX J KORNBLITH
It may ultimately be that some limited quantity of layoffs is a necessary evil in this economic storm, but at the richest university in the world, the “radical” and irresponsible thing would be to not make a stink about it.
Tragedy of the Heavens
By RAÚL A. CARRILLO
The only way up from the global fall from grace is to work together and consider what’s fair and important in the long run.
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