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...questions from members of the Student Labor Action Movement raised concerns that staff would bear the brunt of budget cuts in the form of mass layoffs, but both Smith and Hammonds rejected the notion that the upper echelons at Harvard were not shouldering a fair part of the burden...
...defeat spread from its seniors to the rest of the team. Stack-Babich and Matt Rogers combined for 17 homers in their final seasons, while Taylor Meehan and captain Harry Douglas each hit well above .300 and provided some pop of their own. The powerful senior bats eased the burden on an inexperienced pitching staff, allowing some promising rookies to develop their stuff—in particular starters Brent Suter and Conner Hulse. The two young hurlers had their struggles, but by the end of the season both looked prepared to be rotation mainstays in the future. This...
...threatened to close The Boston Globe, its erstwhile New England jewel whose once-bumper profits have morphed into massive losses. It’s easy to see why Times executives are fed up—losses at The Globe this year are projected at $85 million, a heavy burden that virtually no media company can bear in today’s economic environment...
...bound to feel attacked, but that isn’t the intention. We’re just trying to saturate them with information.” The administration claims that there are expenditures it is locked into paying each year and cannot cut back on—a financial burden that is compounded by the costs of expansions projects and additions to the faculty. Workers salaries account for a sizable percentage of expendable costs, and for this reason Harvard has offered a retirement incentive package so it can lighten its financial load without laying off as many workers...
...school internally is not really public service,” says Muhamed H. Almaliky, a Student Government member.But others cite financial factors as the primary driver.“Students were almost being forced, I think, to go into the private sector because they had such a debt burden when they graduated,” says Douglas A. Levine, who graduated from HKS in 2008.Ellwood has focused extensively on increasing financial aid for HKS students, which he said in a February interview had doubled from an annual total of $11 million when his tenure began in 2004 to a projected...