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...Avon. Nina Tassler, a Latina, is president of CBS Entertainment. And Condoleezza Rice, who is African American, has a job just a few steps removed from President. Although their numbers at the top are still tiny--at 429 large companies surveyed by research and advisory group Catalyst in 2003, 1.6% of corporate officers were minority women--more women of an ethnic or racial minority hold senior-level jobs than ever before...
...While Harvard University looked to Corker and then to his replacement Justin H. Haan ’05 for an answer to the social life problem, Harvard students like him have long had a different idea. “Only a centrally located student center can truly provide the catalyst for the blossoming of student life on campus,” wrote The Crimson editorial staff last week, echoing a long-held sentiment. “I think a centralized student center would be the ideal thing,” says Mather HoCo co-chair Ryan “Trini?...
...connected to Darfur, but once made aware of the investments, many investors have been shown to be willing or even eager to part with them. The state of Oregon and Stanford University, for example, have already divested, and legislation is pending in several other states. HDAG acts as a catalyst in this process, researching which companies merit divestment and which institutions have holdings in those companies. Passing this information to decision makers, students, and constituents incites action to divest, building Harvard’s initial action into a national movement...
...although we sincerely hope that the permanent Loker pub, a Lamont café, and a renovated Hilles will become runaway successes, these are not permanent solutions to the student space problems at the College. Only a centrally located student center can truly provide the catalyst for the blossoming of student life at Harvard. A student center would go a long way toward assimilating freshmen into upper-class life, not to mention facilitating new bonds and cooperation between student groups and kindling renewed excitement and interest in the smaller clubs. A student center that combined a pub, student club offices...
...problem embarrassingly revealed when the gallery was unable to accommodate Michael Stevenson's Trekka car from the Venice Biennale because of insufficient space. Director Saines expects visitor numbers to double to 500,000 a year when the new gallery opens in 2009. In Brisbane, says director Hall, the catalyst was government-driven "cultural diplomacy," putting the state's engagement with Asia and the Pacific into concrete form. Just last month, the gallery purchased 20 new works by Niuean-New Zealander painter John Pule, helping to remedy Australia's blind spot on contemporary Pacific art. "That they're looking...