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...Harvard name has long been bandied about in Cambridge political debate. Now, the University embarks upon the largest expansion in its 371-year history, it is entering the world of politics across the river as well. Tuesday’s Boston City Council election pits Gregory J. Glennon, a 32-year-old assistant district attorney, against Mark S. Ciommo, a lifelong resident who has been active in community service. The winner will replace Boston City Councillor Jerry P. McDermott, who announced in May that he would not be seeking reelection. Last month, Harvard received approval from the city...
Space on the Cambridge City Council isn’t the only thing at stake in Tuesday’s local elections. In the third most densely populated city in the state, how votes will affect the distribution of land space ranks high in residents’ minds. For the 15 candidates competing to claim one of the nine seats on the Council, the complicated equation that combines neighbors’ concerns with the green tenets of sustainable development in order to yield an amenable solution to development, is a tricky one to solve. Incumbent candidate Craig A. Kelley...
When Harvard College administrators made the decision to cancel the Undergraduate Council (UC) Party Fund more than a month ago, the UC was up in arms. Much of its indignation amounted to little more than rhetoric and childish petulance. But the UC’s most salient argument has been overlooked until now. In the wake of the cancellation, UC members claimed that the College had overstepped its bounds since its decision violated the UC’s founding charter and constitution. Our examination of these documents bears out the UC’s argument. Whether or not one thinks...
...sightings or get help keeping rats from entering their house. DPW also has a Web site with frequently asked questions about the pests, providing information like the weight of the heaviest rat found in Cambridge (1 and 1/3 pounds). But some citizens give the hotline poor reviews, telling the council that it did not follow up sufficiently on rat complaints. In October, Amy Todd told the council she called the hotline after having caught or found dead some 9 rats. She said she was “very impressed by the city’s initial response to the problem...
...addition to his positions with Citigroup and Harvard, Rubin is a co-chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations and a founding member of the Brookings Institute’s Hamilton Project...