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...energy,” she says. “It’s great to see she’s really enthusiastic about making a difference on the School Committee.”Other committee members say that Nolan’s background in consulting brings a lot to the table.“She possesses a great ability to analyze data and to offer intelligent and insightful conclusions,” says committee member Joseph G. Grassi. But many long-time School Committee members were taken aback by Nolan’s April proposal to reallocate funds to schools...
...Harvard and be honored for the pioneering efforts,” said Matthew K. Clair ’09, who helped organize the event. “They truly are trailblazers, and they have done things that many who graduate now could not imagine doing, regardless of race or background...
...honorees had the opportunity to share stories of their background and experiences at Harvard as well. Carrington provided insight into the housing situation in 1948, when the four were freshmen. Black students were invariably paired with each other for rooming. Carrington and Harkless were assigned to Hollis Hall, and Hughes and Simmons roomed in Stoughton Hall, while the four Chinese students in the class were fully integrated with white students, according to Carrington. He added that he had not faced “real discrimination” until he came to Harvard...
...Nativo Lopez, MAPA president was standing in the middle of a jam-packed Spring Street with marchers shouting in the background when he spoke to TIME.com. He said his group had to leave the main protest route along Broadway because, he said enthusiastically, "there were so many people, we couldn't move!" He dismissed worries that the boycotts would provoke a backlash against immigration reform. "We've been living with the backlash for years," he said. "But now people are losing their fear of organizing and exercising their constitutional rights so that the voice of the immigrants are being heard...
GARY SHANDLING Prosecutors say Pellicano ran illegal background checks on Shandling when the comedian sued his manager, Brad Grey, now Paramount chief. And we thought the paranoia was just for laughs...