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...Bill Jaeger, director of Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers, said that University units must coordinate with the union, as per the organization’s contract, if they are planning for any reductions in staff positions or hours...
...Director Bill P. Purcell said that the meeting made clear that better communication with the government department could yield more opportunities for students, such as bringing guest speakers into classrooms. Purcell cited the time that Government Professor and Dunster House Master Roger B. Porter invited IOP fellow Peggy Noonan to a class last semester...
Even though Unofficial Tour guides might tell you that only the Catholic Church and Bill H. Gates, class of 1977, have more money than Harvard does, Warren E. Buffett certainly isn’t doing too badly. Buffet, the third richest man in the world according to Forbes’ rankings, was once upon a time denied entrance to the Harvard Business School...
...recently passed health care bill introduces a 10 percent tax on indoor tanning services. Dr. June Robinson, a clinical professor of dermatology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, tells the New York Times that the dream is that this tax will work to decrease tanning bed usage much as prior taxes on addictive substances like tobacco and alcohol have decreased usage of those taxed items. The Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation also estimates that the tax will raise $2.7 billion over 10 years in hopes of offsetting some of the cost of providing health insurance...
Relative to more comprehensive immigration reform, the DREAM Act already has a broad support base because it targets a specific population and requires that beneficiaries contribute to society, either through military service or higher education. Many scholars also agree on the economic importance of the bill...