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...appointment of a special referee to mediate future funding conflicts between the University and the student government. UC President Ryan A. Petersen ’08 called it a “compromise proposal”—but it remains to be seen whether the College will accept...
...volatile young Elizabeth from the first film brings a fresh element of realism to the legend of the personality. In this second film, however, Elizabeth is vulnerable in a different way: she has to work to govern herself as well as her kingdom, and she must learn to accept her demanding and often lonely role as Queen of England. The camera often peers down on her from above, showing her in the middle of a huge hall, dwarfed by the centuries of history about her. The film’s biggest disappointment lies, ironically, in the plot twist that generated...
...minutes ticked away before his prime-time address, his 11-year-old twin daughters brought their nervous father a sheet of paper. Looking down, expecting to see his first words—“I accept!”—Summers instead found a new draft penned by his children: “Harvard is good. Harvard is great. Let us go forth and educate,” he recalled this week...
...candy.With our dining hall lifestyle, it only makes sense that we notice the changes in one of the few foods we actively choose for ourselves. It is a sad state when we eagerly anticipate the shift from pumpkin-shaped dyed sugar to reindeer-shaped dyed sugar, but complacently accept eating hangover chicken breast after hangover chicken breast. DICTATED DIETSAlthough Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) has made a commendable effort to integrate local and seasonal foods into our monotonous diets, the proof is not in the pudding. Our dining halls and their all-inclusive meal plans supposedly exist to foster...
...India, Leonhardt has to wage a full-court recruiting press. Candidates might receive dozens of offers, accept them all--then simply show up at the one that's most appealing. Leonhardt estimates that as many as 3 in 10 accepted hires are no-shows on the first day of work. "It's pretty frustrating, as you can imagine," he says. Employers there thus use what's called a keep-warm strategy, in which newly approved hires are plied with informational packets, calls from executives and even small gifts for their parents (Target sends stuffed versions of its mascot...