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Petersen, together with his vice president, Matthew L. Sundquist ’09, stayed in Cambridge from June through late August working on projects ranging from securing student discounts from Square businesses to creating a new guide for student groups...
Most recently, in an August meeting—postponed since May—with Associate Dean of the College Judith H. Kidd, an independent consultant that the College had hired informed Castine and UC Vice President Matt L. Sundquist ’09 of new concerns, including picture quality and the need to cool equipment rooms. Though she has refused to provide any detail in writing, either for The Crimson or Castine, Kidd, who declined to comment for this editorial, previously told a Crimson reporter that she “consider[s] the conversation about cable TV to be closed?...
...months, Maria Protou, an 18-year-old bleached-blonde philosophy student, was looking forward to her maiden trip to the ballot box this Sunday. But then, a Greek tragedy transpired. Hellish blazes tore through forests parched by two months of intense heat this August, destroying thousands of acres of farmland, killing at least 65 people, and throwing the government's reflexes - and political fortunes - into question. Today, on the eve of the election, Prappa considers skipping the vote entirely, in protest of the tragedy. "It's either that," she says, "or casting a blank ballot or voting for a small...
...recent history. A flurry of opinion polls published before the blackout showed the conservative New Democracy party had a slight lead against PASOK, the socialist party that incumbent Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis toppled in 2004, ending more than two decades of almost uninterrupted socialist rule. What's more, the August 31 surveys showed that neither of the two major parties had polled over 40%, raising concern among pundits, pollsters and analysts that Sunday's winner may either have to share power with a smaller party or govern with a flimsy mandate. For the reform-minded Karamanlis, a sharp reduction...
...scion of a Greek political dynasty that has dominated this country's politics for half a century, rose to power promising to clean up crooked finances and public life. In the wake of a bond-trading scandal that embroiled his government in allegations of corruption, however, Karamanlis in August called for elections six months ahead of schedule, hoping to win a fresh mandate. Since then, attempts by his opponents to ride on Greece's wave of discontent have gained little political traction for PASOK, whose mild-mannered leader George Papandreou has failed to lure leftist voters with his thumping criticism...