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...reek of unwashed toilets spilled into the street in the neighborhood of unpainted cinder block houses. Out on the main road, hundreds of residents banged plastic buckets and blocked the path of irate drivers while children scoured the surrounding area for government trucks. Finally, the impatient crowd launched into a high-pitched chant, repeating one word at fever pitch: "Water, Water, Water...
With its own supplies evaporating, Mexico City relies on the Cutzamala system, a network of reservoirs and treatment plants that pump in water from hundreds of miles around. However, this year Cutzamala itself is running dry amid low levels of rainfall in the area. Its main basin is only 47% full, compared to an annual average of 70% for early April. "This could be caused by climate change and deforestation. These are difficult factors to understand and predict," says Felipe Arreguin, under director of the National Water Commission. "We had to have the stoppages now to make sure that some...
...extraordinaire and director of the famed Ballets Russes, a troupe that emerged in Europe in 1909 and proceeded to change the realm of culture and art around the entire globe forever. This year, its centennial is being celebrated everywhere from Moscow, Hamburg, Stockholm, Canberra, and Paris to the Boston area. From April 15 through 17, Harvard will host a three-day Ballets Russes Symposium comprised of an exhibition of rare documents and art at the Pusey Library, student performances in conjunction with the Office for the Arts Dance Program, and a stellar array of lecturers and panelists...
...Harvard affiliates were among the five Boston-area hospitals that received threatening letters Wednesday, a scare that prompted police and hazardous materials teams to rush to the scene. Police responded to reports of suspicious mail at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the early afternoon. All the envelopes delivered to the hospitals appeared to be from the same sender, but police found no trace of powder, according to media reports and the Boston Police Department’s online log. The exact intent of the letters mailed to the hospitals remains unclear...
...rope entrance to its new outdoor patio yesterday afternoon under clear skies and in the midst of warm weather, a rarity of late. A cluster of round metal tables and chairs, sectioned off with rope, in front of the Pub’s outside entrance comprise the new seating area. Although it currently seats just over twenty, Pub Manager Joshua P. Woodruff ’11 said there is still room to expand. Both indoors and outside, students and administrators enjoyed the celebration at the Pub. Associate Dean of the College Judith H. Kidd, sporting a blue Hawaiian shirt...