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...wants to be a diplomat with a PhD. In March, he'll earn his master's degree from Northeastern. And he's told his lawyers that a small out-of-court settlement isn't enough...
...obstacles that students face when they come to Harvard are easily preventable as long as the administration is willing to adopt the right attitude. I dont understand why "It's a huge issue in terms of balancing historic buildings...with the needs of students who deserve and earn a chance to be here." It seems pretty simple...
...largely because the network committed scant resources to it. Now it has tapped the high-priced Gumbel and built a sleek, $30 million Fifth Avenue studio because it can't afford not to. Situated in the only time slot in which network audiences are actually growing, the morning programs earn as much as half a billion dollars a year, led by Today, which just celebrated 200 weeks atop the ratings. (The shows are also valuable for shilling nightly newsmagazines, cable sister shows and other network siblings, as anyone who has seen cast members of Friends, Becker or NYPD Blue just...
...this moment, there are at least 2,000 people working at Harvard who do not earn a living wage. Last spring, after much debate, the Cambridge City Council passed a $10 minimum wage provision so that city employees would have a better chance to live healthy, decent lives and raise their families in this community...
...currently stands, Harvard routinely violates this basic standard. According to figures released from the administration in March 1999, 358 full-time and approximately 650 part-time or "casual" employees were paid less than $10 per hour for their work. Dining hall workers at Harvard Law School currently earn as little as six dollars per hour. Janitors are also among the lowest paid employees of the university, receiving $8.15 to $9.05 per hour. This amounts to $16,300 to $18,100 per year, which is hardly enough to support one person, never mind a family, living in Cambridge. Most of these...