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...Siddiqui said that he was encouraged by the success of the banquet. “The event shows Harvard students do care,” he said. Several other campus groups including the South Asian Association (SAA) have contributed to the relief effort in other ways. A charity auction and dinner was held on Friday in Leverett Dining Hall. The money raised by the auction of a one week stay in Hawaii will go to aid for the earthquake victims. Farid also helped plan a clothing drive last week that collected 60 boxes of clothes. Although Saturday?...
...hope Bill Clinton doesn't get any ideas from Philippine President Fidel Ramos, who will auction as a "relic" the lump of cholesterol that doctors recently removed from his right carotid. Proceeds will go to Smokey Mountain--the big garbage dump that is now the site of low-cost housing. No word on whether Sotheby's is interested...
...renewed vigilance in University Hall, student organizations will keep pairing up with outside companies, and making the deals that have become such a large part of their livelihood.SOCIETY OF THE SPECTACLEFor their first collaborative promotion at Harvard, JetBlue gave Friedman and Vandenberg a round-trip ticket to be auctioned off at an Adams House Katrina benefit.After the auction, Dean Kidd warned Connie Zong ’06, the Adams HoCo co-chair, against pursuing a relationship with JetBlue. While the airline’s donation of the ticket did not violate any rules, Kidd told FM in an e-mail...
...been fantastic, to come to Boston and interrupt their training in an Olympic year,” said Jones. “They care so much, year after year.” Notable changes from last year include moving both ticket sales and their annual silent auction online. Current Harvard students were also represented in the program. The Harvard Skating Club performed a tribute to Napoleon Dynamite. The club members, donning “Vote for Pedro” shirts, skated to music from the popular movie. The routine was replete with one skater’s emulation...
...temporary respite for those who cannot afford to move to where the jobs have gone. Farming, once the backbone of the American economy and the typical country job, has become too expensive for many families. No longer a profitable venture, many are forced to sell out to agribusinesses or auction away land that may have been in the family for decades...