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...Events Commission’s “Junior Class Does Junior High” dance. Most notably, the office found the magic formula for a successful Harvard State Fair in the fall and Yardfest in the spring: close the dining halls, and pour carnival food into Tercentenary Theater. Drawn by a mechanical bull and Ben Folds, respectively, and by dinner on both occasions, students flocked to the events, with many exclaiming afterwards that the events felt like a “real college experience.”Yardfest was possible due in large part to the generosity...
...e-mail.In another departure from the higher ed norm, Summers hired his own press secretary upon assuming the presidency.Lucie McNeil, the first person to hold the title, came to Harvard in late 2002 after working as a senior press officer for Tony Blair. Ever since, the position has drawn the ire of some faculty members, who see it as unnecessarily political. “The president of Harvard does not need a spokesman,” Gordon, the history chair, says.The manpower expansion of the public relations operation may be less significant than some observers contend, however. According to Joe Wrinn...
...whatever reason—the previous search led to a failed presidency.”The faculty group includes 13 professors, representing all of Harvard’s schools and a range of disciplines within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The student committee is comprised of 14 students drawn from across Harvard’s schools.“We have always interviewed faculty and students, but we have never had a formal committee before this particular search,” Houghton writes. “We thought it would be a good idea to get the views...
...that Hamas necessarily rejects the proposal, which is contained in a a document drawn up by prisoners from its own faction as well as Abbas's Fatah movement currently doing time in Israeli jails. Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh has already offered Israel peace in the form of a "long-term truce" if it withdraws to its 1967 borders, and Hamas is in fact in discussions with Fatah over that very issue. But Hamas, not surprisingly, is unwilling to accept Abbas's ultimatum. "I am not prepared to act with a gun to my head," Haniyeh said Monday...
...various government sources at the time, the receipt of which meant that it had to adhere to federally-mandated affirmative action guidelines.The KSG faculty had only one woman in its ranks, an assistant professor, and no minorities in the 1980-81 school year. None of its tenured professors were drawn from women or minority groups. There was disagreement between WEAL and the school itself, however, over what exactly constituted a tenured professor. The administration contended that due to joint appointments between the KSG and other University schools, it truly possessed only 13 tenured faculty, while its detractors had placed that...