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...President Drew G. Faust appointed her former Radcliffe colleague Tamara E. Rogers ’74 as vice president for alumni affairs and development after asking for the resignation of Donella M. Rapier, who had been appointed by former University President Lawrence H. Summers. Faust has also announced the creation of an “executive vice president” position, though she is several months behind her originally-stated deadline in filling this post. During her tenure as vice president, which began in 2006, Mora worked on a wide variety of projects, including financial modeling for Allston and renegotiation...
...tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Beirut and other cities to demand the withdrawal of the Syrian troops that had been garrisoned in the country for decades, as Damascus acted as the dominant influence in Lebanese politics. Despite the withdrawal of its troops and the creation of the pro-Western government, Syria has continued to exert political influence through Hizballah, Lebanon's largest political party also backed by Iran, and its Christian allies under General Michel Aoun...
...current publications target wealthy readers—the same audience sought out by 02138. 02138 captured headlines last year for its coverage of the Facebook-ConnectU lawsuit. The magazine published in its November/December 2007 issue an article, “Poking Facebook,” about the controversial creation of the networking Web site. 02138 also posted Zuckerberg’s Harvard College application, his personal diary, and an e-mail he wrote to the College’s Administrative Board on its Web site. In response, Facebook filed two emergency motions to try to force 02138 to take down...
...scientific endeavors, it is a model of efficiency and progress. Surely, here, in this sanctified site of reason and cutting-edge scientific progress, we can find the cure for AIDS, feed the world, and map the genome of every living creature. The Science Center, like an Adam of our creation , has always been subservient to its inhabitants. Thus, we never thought twice about relying on it to be a safe place for us to study, learn, and experiment—day in, day out. And yet… What evils have we been turning blind eyes to? What goes...
...people of Nepal don't really care about a republic or a monarchy," says Dixit, the Nepali Times editor. Instead, they want an end to rancorous politicking. They want a concerted program for development and the creation of new jobs within the country. A new Nepalese government also must attend to the hard, yet inescapable reality of the trauma left behind by years of civil war. Reconciliation and reconstruction is the sole agenda that the voting public cares about. It'll be up to the country's garlanded leaders to deliver...