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Earlier this month, Dean of Administration and Finance Leslie A. Kirwan ’79 presented administrative heads of FAS units with a time frame detailing the planning process of the budget for the fiscal year beginning this July. The budget will be finalized...
Kirwan’s letter dictates that all FAS departments, centers, and tubs submit budget forecasts to FAS Dean Michael D. Smith by the end of February. Between Feb. 28 and March 15, each unit will work with FAS administrative deans and finance analysts to fine tune their respective budgets...
Kirwan’s letter does not define the exact nature of these “core expenses,” choosing to leave interpretation open to the collaborative efforts between the unit, the appropriate divisional dean, and the central Recording Secretary’s Office...
...this end, last Friday’s “Harvard for Haiti Benefit” was framed by speeches on the tragic recent events. Sebastian Velez, Assistant Resident Dean of Kirkland House, closed his speech with a quote from photographer Sebastiao Salgado: “How can we claim ‘compassion fatigue’ when we show no sign of consumption fatigue?” he said. The sentiment that we who are lucky should share our good fortune ran through the event. One particularly resonant image from the PIH slide show featured at the concert...
...stage while he drummed with inexhaustible charisma. The piece was a medley of vigorous Haitian rhythms, displaying the vitality of Haitian culture. While watching the performance, one got the irrepressible feeling that the energy that animates Haitian culture is still alive and well. Edwidge Danticat, as quoted by Dean Evelyn M. Hammonds, said of the Haitian people, “We are ill-favored, but we still endure. Every once in a while, we must scream this as far as the wind can carry our voices: we are ugly, but we are here! And here to stay...