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...histories. The original bells will be returned to Moscow, but identical replicas, forged using traditional techniques in Russia, will be sent to replace them in the Lowell’s bell tower. Viktor F. Vekselberg, a Russian metals mogul, also deserves praise for financing the deal. Thus, we applaud the multilateral efforts to protect the identity of Lowell House, while respecting that of the Russian people. In a way, seventy years later, Harvard is righting a wrong inflicted against both a faith and a people...
...asking Harvard to divest from its actively-managed indirect investments (such as hedge funds and private equity) because similar alternatives do not yet exist. If such alternatives are created in the future, only then would we ask Harvard to divest from this class of investments. We applaud the Boston Foundation’s decision today to short (bet against) the stocks of companies who are doing business in Sudan, and would be supportive of Harvard doing the same. PETER GANONG ’09 Cambridge, Mass. March 14, 2007 The writer is a member of the Harvard Darfur Action Group...
...Sometimes I don’t understand it when things are behind or problems come up, as they always do. But when the curtain opens–that’s when it’s all worth it." Even though people may not applaud her specifically at the show’s premiere, what matters to Thompson is the personal satisfaction of practicing her art as well as she can. "That’s what it’s all about, when Josh [the show’s lighting designer] puts the lights on. I didn?...
...presence of a younger clubgoing crowd.“These [public safety issues] happened to occur on nights when these [18-and-over] events were taking place,” she says. The new restrictions have created a divide among Boston-area residents. Some club managers and older clubgoers applaud the Mayor for his attention to public safety, but other club staff and many students, like Alexander W. Doubet ’10 wonder whether the city should have examined the situation more closely before passing the law. “After all,” Doubet says...
...other genres and which the Fogg Museum cannot accommodate. Houghton said in the press release that he and his wife have been impressed by Cabot Director of the Harvard University Art Museums Thomas W. Lentz’s outlook for the museums in the future. “We applaud his vision to create a new art center in Allston focusing on contemporary art, as well as his plan to renovate and transform the Art Museums’ facilities at 32 Quincy Street,” Houghton said...