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...Vice-Chair for College Life Amadi P. Anene ’08—currently studying organic chemistry at the summer school—has been working to develop C-CAP, a course-cost assistance program for low-income students. Sponsored by the Students Taking on Poverty (STOP) campaign, the program would grant textbook stipends to students with family incomes under $60,000. Anene, who said he has spoken to Harvard administrators who oversee financial aid about the program, would like to see a stipend program in place by the fall...
...still 53 steps! This is one of many pilot programs that are being tested, but none are being implemented fast enough to address the severity of the challenge. Another pilot program has begun recruiting at six universities - only 1,946 colleges to go. Regulations also cap the percentage of outside hires to top management roles - so we can't just hire those managers being laid off at General Motors...
...designers agree that the best way to cap cube chatter is to move it. "To do that," says James Ludwig, director of design for Steelcase, "you need to create spaces for people to go." Steelcase is testing a concept called the Cell Cell, a phone booth fitted with reception boosters. Chatty colleagues might gravitate to the Dyadic Slice, designed for two, or hold brainstorming sessions in the Digital Yurt, whose sensor-triggered lighting oscillates with increased activity...
...realize," Hanna raged at fellow Republicans, "there's only one life between this madman and the presidency?" As Governor of New York, the job he occupied before joining McKinley's ticket, Roosevelt had pushed legislation to clean up sweatshops, strengthen state inspection of factories and cap the workday at eight hours. He was by no means a radical, as every radical would tell you, but he was convinced that if the legitimate grievances of laborers and the poor were not addressed, they would rise up to take matters into their own hands...
...they can do about it,” Zhou said.However, federal legislation to increase the number of H-1B visas available is pending, according to Sharon Ladd, the director of Harvard’s international office.“Since the business community is very interested in expanding the cap, it is likely that there will be relief in this area,” she wrote in an e-mail.Some students were more fortunate than Rana.Victor V. Bicalho ’06 said he submitted his petition on May 25, and was told by lawyers for his future employer, Goldman Sachs...