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...refining those aspirations.”The Globe article noted that construction of the first piece of the University’s 350-acre Allston campus—a $1 billion science complex—will remain on schedule and begin next spring.Although Faust said she has not committed the University to a dramatic change in planning, she appears to be taking a more consultative approach to the expansion compared with her predecessor, Lawrence. H. Summers.Faust has emphasized hearing from stakeholders on both sides of the river before committing Harvard to development projects, something critics of Summers say he failed...
Allston residents said last night that Harvard’s proposal for community benefits was insufficient and demanded that the University commit to providing the neighborhood with a community school and health center before the construction of its multi-building science complex commences this spring...
Gerald Autler, senior project manager for the Boston Redevelopment Authority—the city agency charged with overseeing development projects—said that although the city sympathized with the residents, rushing the University to commit to projects without coordinating with other city agencies first did not make good planning sense...
...which is supporting the cause. “It’s an issue that’s not very discussed.” Ribbons will be available in the Science Center and at various dining halls through Thursday. Donning a white ribbon is a personal pledge never to commit, condone, or remain silent about violence against women, according to the White Ribbon Campaign Web site. The movement was started in 1991 by a group of men in Canada in response to the 1989 Montreal Massacre, in which 14 women were shot and killed. This is the second year...
...genocide that’s going on and the infanticide in our own country with the slaughter of millions of unborn children.” Certainly Huckabee faces many hurdles. He personally intervened to let a convicted murderer and rapist, Wayne DuMond, out of jail, only for DuMond to commit rape and murder again. He has also been heavily criticized by groups like the Club for Growth for an extreme number of tax increases as governor. Finally, he has nearly no foreign policy experience, and his vague statements on Iraq coupled with his ignorance regarding the recent National Intelligence Estimate...