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...unclear what policies, if any, will change with the review. According to the Handbook for Students, “Harvard permits undergraduates to undertake modest levels of business activities on campus.” Kopko said he did not know what the committee might discuss, although he hoped that it would outline “a much more clearly defined path of approval” for student businesses. “Their policies are fine,” he said. “I think in general, [they should] state the philosophy that entrepreneurship is fundamentally a good thing...
...have the opportunity to list a “secondary field” on their transcripts. “I would hope that even students who are currently juniors will be able to have secondary fields,” Laibson said. However, the full Faculty has yet to discuss the implementation of the secondary field proposal. Under that proposal, students who completed between four and six courses in a field different from their primary concentration could have that marked on their transcripts, without having to complete the integrative thesis currently required of joint concentrators. At yesterday’s meeting...
...arrived 20 minutes late for the review. During our discussion, he took three telephone calls and allowed us to be interrupted twice by colleagues who had "urgent" or "important" matters to discuss with him. We never finished the review, and he never signed off on it. HR never got after him to sign off on the review, either...
...addressed the media’s perception that Democrats have no plan or message, students in attendance said, the media itself was barred from the speech. “Governor Dean’s presentation...was not intended to be a open press event, but rather an opportunity to discuss with conference participants their role in the party and some of the items addressed in their program,” wrote DNC spokesman Damien LaVera in an e-mail yesterday. “We thought it would be most interesting and inspiring if Dean was able to speak without concern...
...President Abbas, meanwhile, appears to be flailing. After Hamas presented its nominees, Abbas said he would respond within 48 hours, but first planned to discuss the matter with the PLO Executive Committee. Abbas' unspoken message appeared to be that the PLO's legitimacy trumps that of the Palestinian Authority, the democratically elected body it helped to create with the Oslo Accords. But that is, at best, a dubious proposition, since the PLO actually has no formal constitutional role to play in approving the cabinet. Hamas, which is not part of the PLO and is not likely to take orders from...