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...laid off Jan. 23, husband-and-wife corrections officers Glyn and Rae Perkins were the only employees at the labyrinthine, 93,000-sq.-ft. (8,600 sq m) Two Rivers prison. "Those of us who were involved had such high hopes," she says. "I sit here now watching businesses close and people wondering if they'll lose their houses. It's sad. But the idea of housing Gitmo prisoners here just floors me. It would be scary...
...Several students in attendance seemed optimistic that members of the Faculty would take their side in the struggle to give student voice more sway in College budget decisions. In an e-mail sent to the student body, Flores wrote that the budgetary decisions—to reduce shuttle service, close the Quad library, cut hot breakfast, increase section sizes, and slash House budgets—were the result of a “top-down” approach without input from those affected by them.“Broad community input would have alerted the administration to the serious issues...
Harvard’s tax returns for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, detail over $4 million in compensation for top administrators, a figure likely to draw close scrutiny over the coming months, as the University implements deep budget cuts...
...recent Town Hall meeting hosted by the Undergraduate Council, FAS Dean Michael D. Smith responded noncommittally to a student’s suggestion that administrators take salary cuts in the spirit of shouldering the burden of deep cutbacks across the University. The Faculty will need to close a $220 million deficit over the next two years, Smith said, but the range of budget cuts announced last week only account for $77 million in savings...
...Hear Me Now? It's going to get even harder to get a Continental Airlines reservation agent on the phone, now that the airline will lay off 500 workers and close its Tampa call center as of July 19. The airline says the extra agents are not needed, since so many passengers now book travel on the Web. O.K., but those extra fees for booking through a live person didn't help...