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...students, its constituency, provide. It could be as simple as a website design contest, open to undergraduates, with the UC outlining its needs and wants and offering a $500 first prize to the best design. Following this path, the UC could have said website in hand before they even contract a professional. That said, professional or amateur, whoever the UC hires should be carefully chosen. The last thing the council needs is a repeat of the last UC website update process...
...group that spearheaded the 2001 sit-in—which prompted Harvard to institute a living wage—have formed a new group aimed at reinvigorating the labor movement on campus and are demanding a $20-per-hour living wage for all University janitors.In the midst of a contract renegotiation for Harvard’s janitors, the new Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM) succeeds the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM)—which successfully led the campaign that brought Harvard workers a guaranteed $10.25 hourly living wage and a number of other improvements in compensation. SLAM...
...with most of his department's 136 vehicles, were lost. With the National Guard largely gone, his men are stretched thin, answering calls about looters and snakes. "We have lots of reptile infestations," says Stephens, who fled one house after encountering 15 water moccasins. "[That's] not in my contract." His men last week caught beasts of a different kind--an organized gang of looters...
...DILLON celebrates two milestones this fall; she sings on the sound tracks of two major movies and gets her driver's permit. Dillon, 16, who wrote songs for Dreamer, starring Dakota Fanning, and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, picked up the guitar at 10 and a record contract at 13 when a producer heard a CD she cut at home in Ohio. The Christian singer remains unaffected. "I come home from touring, and my parents are like, 'Hey, Beth, how was it? Can you unload the dishwasher...
...also introduced what he called "disciplined pizazz"--a program to bring a focus on efficiency to the company's business operations without sacrificing its character. The imperious Schrempp, by contrast, continued to lurch from crisis to crisis until the Daimler board showed him the exit, three years before his contract expired. DaimlerChrysler stock soared about 10% on the news. The change of leadership "dramatically alters investor perceptions," said Merrill's London-based auto analyst Stephen Reitman, who upgraded the stock to neutral...