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...good deal for the planet as well as Detroit. "If the public is going to subsidize these auto purchases, then the public should get a benefit through oil savings and a reduction in greenhouse gases," says Brian Siu, an energy policy analyst with the Natural Resources Defense Council's air and energy program...
...will do.” The approved budget—which allots approximately $103 million to employee salaries and wages, $26 million to other ordinary maintenance costs, $1.4 million to travel and training expenses, and $3.3 million for extraordinary expenditures—has been forwarded to the city council for review. —Staff writer Michelle L. Quach can be reached at mquach@fas.harvard.edu...
...said Muller, who identified himself as an advocate of lowering the drinking age. “Alcohol itself is neutral. The abuse of alcohol is what needs to be taken care of,” he added. Alcohol policy at the College made headlines last year when the Undergraduate Council party grant system came under fire from the administration led by David R. Pilbeam, then serving as interim dean of the College. Pilbeam also instituted a ban on hard liquor at House events, and new guidelines regulating the funding and alcohol consumption at student group parties, which led some students...
Undergraduate Council members remained in the dark about the effects of University-wide budget cuts on the College as well as the potential ramifications of these cuts for the January term session after yesterday’s town hall meeting led by Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith. Smith announced six working groups that would be charged with finding areas for cost-reductions throughout FAS. But according to Smith, it remains to be decided whether these committees would include students. Two committees, one dedicated to “student services” and the other...
...houses in Boulder, the university demanded tighter control over Greek organizations, including forcing them to delay recruiting until freshmen entered their second semester. The sororities agreed to the reforms, but all 15 fraternities balked - and moved off campus. Marc Stine, a Greek advocate hired by CU's Alumni Interfraternity Council, says it was a little like a rebellious son leaving home. "As he drives away, the parent stands at the door shaking his fist and yelling, 'You'll never make it out there.'" (See pictures of the college dorm's evolution...