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...further agree that the college should more actively alert students to potential dangers. The current programs do emphasize the threat of property crime over that of personal crime. The college has been reluctant to adopt scare tactics which would hurt Harvard's image and drain its admissions pool. However, the "it can't happen to me" syndrome cannot be blamed entirely on college policies...
...with its cast and crew. Shaffer keeps you on your toes, enthralled and yearning. He demands involvement and total suspension of disbelief. He doesn't allow you merely to watch, as though you were sitting, nearly anesthitized, in front of your TV, murmuring jingles. Shaffer's out to drain you, to wipe you out, to leave you limp with exhaustion--yet glowing with an odd exhilaration when the lights go up. Fully recognizing the playwright's aims Pillinger uses quicksilver pacing and gives Equus a visceral energy particularly consuming within the intimate confines of the Dunster House dining hall...
...Michigan, voters turned down a similar proposal that would have rolled back property assessments to 1978 levels, then cut taxes in half. The Tisch amendment, named after the Shiawassee County drain commissioner who drew up the proposal, at first had broad support led by homeowners and real estate developers, who believed that a revitalized economy would make up for the lost tax revenues. But Governor William Milliken, who had already cut more than $100 million from the budget this year, estimated that the amendment would cost the state an annual $2 billion. Michigan, Milliken said, would have to fire...
...faithfully defered the best interests of their unions. On the other, they must find some way to deal effectively with the University's stubborn attitude toward its support services. Ed Powers, Harvard's chief contract negotiator and counsel for labor relations, once said, "It would be a shame to drain resources unnecessarily to our support services. Harvard is primarily an educational institution...
Perhaps the whole problem could be mitigated if the University did not feel so terribly reluctant to "drain resources to our support services." If Harvard is "primarily an educational institution," a significant part of its educational purpose is the liberal arts. Despite difficult economic times, the University might consider acting more liberally and humanely when dealing with its workers. Charlie Crockett would still work the graveyard shift, but he would have fewer headaches...