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...assistant director, and a U.S. State Department senior advisor who worked on Arab-Israeli negotiations. “This is a historic opportunity for the city to emerge as a stronger community,” said Cambridge City Manager Robert W. Healy in the press release. The committee will begin meeting in October to discuss its mission and goals, the announcement said, and will look to study police training, instruction, and operations; the racial, class, and interpersonal complexities of policing; and potential lessons from the Gates arrest that may be applicable to Cambridge and other communities. Chuck Wexler, executive director...
...HoCo decided to divert a few dollars from stein club to purchase a healthy supply of notecards, pens, and tacks for students who want to post. Pfoho residents are confident it will fill up when midterms and job applications begin, but so far the results reveal mostly repression...
...alternative would involve reshaping what it means to work in America. Such a plan would start by changing what it means to be jobless. To begin with, this would require a massive increase in job retraining, one that assured that every laid-off worker had a chance to learn a new skill and years of funding to master it - instead of the six-month shots now generally offered. The Administration's proposal to increase funding to community colleges is a start. But it's only a start. Ideally, the White House needs to propose an omnibus employment-emergency bill that...
...property at 45 Mount Auburn Street seemed particularly unrealistic in a cutthroat economic climate unfavorable to raising capital for any venture. When the university itself is struggling to find donations, attempting to solicit millions of dollars for a student center seems foolish. Now the fallout of failure will begin, and the UC can only blame itself. While its plan may have been well intentioned—improving social space on campus is an important issue—the UC was in over its head and now must accept that its credibility will suffer. Now the campaign will continue under...
...problem is that, according to the model, vaccinations would have to begin by mid-September - but the first batch of the vaccine isn't due until October. "Clearly the best strategy is to vaccinate schoolchildren first," said Longini. "The problem is the supply of the vaccine." That means the disease could begin to spread, and quickly, before protection from vaccinations could take hold...