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...Dean of the College recently, given the three-dean turnover in the last few years. Managing a relationship with the Dean’s office and maintaining a council through three different deans of Harvard College might have made it difficult to even keep funding constant. The recent boost in support of student-life events, however, shows a commitment to raising the financial bar even during turbulent times. This additional funding not only represents hard work on the student end, but it also serves as a ringing endorsement of new Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds. Making a difference...
While this additional money is certainly going to aid student groups and boost house life, it should not be considered a complete remedy to the debilitated state of social life in the houses. The UC should resume the fight for bringing back party grants. A formal cannot replace an inclusive room party: a vital social commodity on a campus dominated by private events. Diverting more funding toward student groups and HoCos is one step in the right direction, but the UC should resume its push toward regaining lost social ground...
...McCain was initially frantic and overheated and seemed as panicked as his advisers--who recognized their campaign could go down the economic drain. Obama was perhaps a tad cautious and reserved but stayed in sync with fellow Dems on Capitol Hill by letting the political benefits of nationwide alarm boost their case. Barring disaster, every aspect of the campaign will now be seen through the lens of the economy, an issue on which Obama and his party are more trusted by voters. Any hope the Republicans may have had of regaining many of the staggering 80% of voters who think...
...families who keep their kids in school. As a result, 52% of Brazil's 190 million people are now designated as middle class, up from 43% in 2002. At the same time, he hopes to make Brazil more business friendly with a $280 billion Growth Acceleration Program to boost infrastructure and cut taxes. "It's called doing things right," Lula says, "allowing the rich to earn money with their investments and allowing the poor to participate in economic growth...
East Asia's fledgling hip-hop scene could have asked for no better boost than the arrival of Jin Au-Yeung. The 26-year-old Chinese-American rapper relocated to Hong Kong from New York City this summer in a move either born of frustration at a flagging Stateside career or of a wish to connect more strongly with his roots (his parents are from Hong Kong) - or both...