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...artist selection, and Harvard is an anamoly,” she says.Another possible way to cater to Harvard’s musical tastes is the possibility of students voting on a short-list of potential artists. But that hurts the HCC’s ability to get affordable contracts with artists, according to Epstein. “If a performing artist finds out that they’re Harvard students’ top pick, they’ll use it as leverage in contract negotiations, thinking that Harvard is rich,” she concludes.FIXING A HOLESo, if they won?...
Take, for example, Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE), the celebrated humanitarian foundation that aims to combat poverty and stem the catastrophic tide of the African AIDS epidemic. According to a recent Boston Globe article, CARE lost a $50 million contract for combating AIDS, as government opted to grant $200 million to faith-based programs, which will advocate the divinely inspired “abstinence-only” method of disease control, after heavy public pressure from evangelical Christians...
...reality, the Bolivians are now the bosses. But as Pablo Poveda, a researcher with the Center for Studies of Labor and Agricultural Development, says, "contract agreements are only the beginning." Technical challenges lie ahead. "We got to turn a ministry that before only served to sign papers into a body that can design energy policy," explains Villegas. "We've got to turn a state company used only to rubber-stamped contracts into the main operator of a huge industry...
Although Molesworth’s contract does not specify any teaching duties, Lajer-Burcharth said she hopes that she will have an influence on students...
Over 700 College students supported the janitors in their fight for a wage that would reflect the area’s cost of living. And over 1150 filled out comment cards last spring demanding that dining hall workers be treated fairly in their June 2006 contract negotiations. By standing with Paul they showed solidarity with campus workers, and helped compel the administration to give him back...