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...Star, so it can handle high-maintenance mothers, and it's now casting for Camp Cougar, a show about older women chasing younger men, so clearly it's not afraid of controversy. But the American production house says it has nothing to do with the Suleman deal. (Read a brief history of multiple births...
...greater reflection and responsibility among business executives in the current economic climate. The event was held on Baker Lawn in the afternoon, and light rain periodically fell as students and their families gathered to honor HBS professors, present the class gift, and celebrate the conclusion of their studies. Following brief remarks by Dean Jay O. Light, student Deirdre-Ann L. Perry introduced the concept of Class Day, saying it was “designed by the students, for the students.” Perry also introduced Rajan’s speech, noting that he was selected from more than...
...well to be very prudent in the use of our resources.” Yet he continued to keep the Faculty in the dark about how Allston would be financed. His lengthy 2003 President’s Letter to the Harvard Community on Allston Planning dedicated only a brief, vague paragraph to the costs that would be incurred (a to-be-defined “formidable financing challenge”). Subsequent letters were similarly quiet on the subject.BORROWING TO BUILDIn most cases, Harvard uses a mix of debt, philanthropy, and University resources for capital construction—a financing scheme...
...until after an announcement was made, Flores says. Though the announcement was made on April 6, the Council waited a week to bring student concern to administrators. At a Town Hall meeting held by Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith on April 14 to brief members of the FAS community about looming financial challenges, Council members requested an answer to a prevalent student concern: which students would be allowed to stay on campus during the three-week period in January? Ten days later, Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds sent a letter...
...relationship between America and Israel, and a potentially changed U.S. policy towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Analysts on the right and left are commenting on a new, tougher American policy characterized by strengthened U.S. demands on Israel. However, beneath the diplomatic choreography lies an agonizing reality that received only brief comment from Obama and silence from Netanyahu: The ongoing devastation of the people of Gaza...