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Brian Friedman '00 laments that "it's easier to adopt a small child than to have a party here [in the Currier 10-man suite]. There are all these forms we have to fill out, and the tutors are always around...they always shut it down right at 1 a.m." According to senior Mike Bush '99, however, careful preparation and planning are worthwhile because they result in respectful treatment from administrators. "The administrators are pretty cool about it," he says, "if you're good about being organized and follow all the rules." Bush stresses that the House spirit...
...Cambridge City Council gave Harvard a homework assignment last night at its weekly meeting. While postponing a vote on a living wage ordinance for the city, the council adopted an order urging Harvard to adopt a living wage for its own workers...
Harvard students spoke at the meeting, urging the council to adopt a Cambridge wide living wage ordinance. Even though that ordinance was not discussed, Harvard students did not return to campus empty handed. Vice-Mayor Anthony D. Galluccio moved the impromptu late order that supported the students' efforts to bring a living wage to Harvard...
Galluccio also said that Harvard has notresponded to past city council ordinances urgingit to adopt "responsible employer policies." Headded that other Cambridge policies includerequirements that employees earn the prevailingwage, that apprentice programs are offered andthat a certain percent of Cambridge residents,women and minorities are hired...
Joel Stein's piece in which he called the Adopt-a-Highway program the lamest charity he'd ever heard of [NOTEBOOK, March 1] was a slap in the face to those of us who care about the state of the environment. This program provides money and manpower to help clean littered stretches of highway. Maybe Stein enjoys seeing the rotting wrappers that blow across the endless roadways, but most of us do not. BRANDICE HARTSOCK Blacksburg...