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...minutes. “There is a buzz on campus surrounding his campaign,” said Caleb R. Weaver, a member of the steering committee for Harvard Law Students for Barack Obama. He said he had seen the same excitement at an earlier event with students from other Boston-area universities. Students at the event were encouraged to translate their excitement into action. Members of Obama’s campaign in New Hampshire were on hand to tell students how they could get involved with the process. “What’s going to determine the success...
...correlation between unsafe activity in the city and the presence of a younger clubgoing crowd.“These [public safety issues] happened to occur on nights when these [18-and-over] events were taking place,” she says. The new restrictions have created a divide among Boston-area residents. Some club managers and older clubgoers applaud the Mayor for his attention to public safety, but other club staff and many students, like Alexander W. Doubet ’10 wonder whether the city should have examined the situation more closely before passing...
...Boston-area public service group is launching a new mentoring initiative aimed at helping adolescents at risk for diabetes develop healthy lifestyles. Project HEALTH (Helping Empower, Advocate & Lead Through Health), in collaboration with the endocrinology department of Boston Medical Center (BMC), is seeking to educate children diagnosed as pre-diabetics about health issues and motivate them to change their lifestyles in order to prevent the onset of type-2 diabetes. The new program, called STRENGTH and set to launch this semester, will target children—especially those from low-income families—with chronic medical conditions such...
...underdog, but I knew that I was good enough to beat the guy. I rose to the occasion and played well.”The South African went 5-0 overall, losing only three sets. Fish likened Valkin’s performance to the play of Boston-area athletes from a different sport.“He was a little like the New England Patriots today,” Fish said. “He kept playing within himself through the weekend.“He was doing it with a consistency that allowed him to compete with clearly...
...survey, released on Friday by the Boston-area public relations firm Morrissey & Company, saw Harvard fall to seventh overall from its first place position last year. Nearby collegiate rivals Boston University and Tufts took fourth and fifth, respectively, while Dunkin’ Donuts vaulted into the second spot. The top position in the survey was occupied by Brigham and Women’s Hospital—a Harvard affiliate...