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...committee, said that a survey she had taken of residents in the area indicated that they would prefer that construction last longer, in exchange for the cessation of Saturday work. The committee also complained about emissions from construction vehicles, which residents have previously protested at neighborhood meetings. Residents demand that Harvard insist that its contractors switch to using low-sulfur diesel fuel for off-road equipment, such as cranes and earthmovers, and ultra-low sulfur fuel in trucks. Lucey said the University has told its contractors to install “scrubbers”, or emissions filters, in the large...
...senator can ask to postpone a vote, but a different senator can object and demand a vote that...
...group of women students took over and occupied Harvard’s Architectural Technology Workshop for nearly a week. Their chief demand: that Harvard provide space and money for a women’s center on campus. Since, Harvard’s women’s groups have taken up the call, but with an inconsistent vision of how the center should look: social space, office space, “drop-in space,” and “safe space.” Nevertheless, last semester, 35 years after the first demand, Harvard announced plans to fund such...
Death Cab for Cutie"Crooked Teeth"With the miracle of the internet, music videos can now be seen on demand, day or night, for free (unless you use iTunes) by bigger audiences than ever before. But this is not as great as it seems: you must sit through the same goddamn shampoo commercial every goddamn time. The fact that I was able to enjoy the video for “Crooked Teeth” despite this critical setback, says a lot about the quality of the video. Director Ace Norton has accomplished something here: his combination of claymation and stop...
...locals” into endorsing whatever floodtide of products and practices has overwhelmed them, for my taste, it is hard not to be compelled by Appiah’s final appeal: “The people of the richest nations can do better. This is a demand of simple morality. But it is one that will resonate more widely if we make our civilization more cosmopolitan...