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...raise donations from readers. These improvements, on top of The Globe's existing advertising and subscription base, would let the paper avoid closure—and perhaps significant layoffs as well. And unlike for most papers, the actual conversion of The Globe to a non-profit would not cost money; after all, there are no owners or shareholders to buy out, as there are for The Times Company as a whole...
...package and retire from her post this summer, Kidd confirmed to The Crimson yesterday. “It was a very difficult choice to make, and I suspect it would always be difficult to leave,” Kidd said. The retirement plan, announced earlier this semester as a cost-cutting measure, allows staff members over 55 years of age with at least 10 years of service as of June 30 to voluntarily choose early retirement. During the six years since her post was created, Kidd has overseen the openings of the Cambridge Queen’s Head...
...SLAM’s blog, which is updated almost daily. For those desiring real-time updates, SLAM is now posting its ins and outs in a more distilled form on Twitter.com. This week, SLAM, in collaboration with the Harvard College Democrats, released a Youtube.com video about the human cost of layoffs which already has over 2,000 views. Produced by Warren S. Loegering ’12, the video tells the story of Bedardo Sola, a worker who was laid off March 16th but rehired due to student advocacy. Sola refers to Harvard students as the workers?...
...Nearly lost his 1992 Senate race after feminists mobilized against him for grilling Anita Hill during Clarence Thomas' Supreme Court nomination hearings (he called her testimony "flat-out perjury"). In 2004, his remark that a Supreme Court nominee who opposed abortion rights wouldn't pass Senate confirmation almost cost him the chance to run the hearings...
...Democratic primary, Sestak sounded a curiously cautious note in welcoming him, saying voters need to understand why the longtime Republican chose to switch at this particular moment. "If he were not running for re-election, would he have done this change? In short, is it worth any cost to hold on to one's job? Those questions need to be assessed by the citizenry," he told TIME. (See pictures of Obama's first 100 days in office...