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...developing countries. The pads, which are being introduced in a pilot project in Rwanda, will allow women and girls to stay at work and in school while they are menstruating. Currently, many African girls miss up to 45 days of school annually—a significant hindrance to their education??because they cannot afford sanitary pads, according to Scharpf. Scharpf said she was grateful for the fellowship because of its potential to increase public awareness of this little-known issue. “It will give girls and women dealing with problems visibility and hopefully encourage others...
...subject of Middle Eastern politics. But unlike that uplifting peace anthem, this seems a forlorn meditation, full of loss rather than hope. Melancholy pervades the album’s love songs as well. Sexiness and whimsy have faded in favor of mournful strains and cooing. On “Education?? Mirah sounds more jaded, and a little less fun than in the past. On “The River” she sings, “tears so thick like glue they drip and build castles slow,” a statement that describes much of the album...
Cambridge Center for Adult Education??s executive director Jim Smith said that the Center has not violated any city ordinances. He also stressed the responsibility of individual event organizers to adhere to city policies on alcohol and curfew...
There will be no starving artists at Harvard. Just over a week after University officials announced that the endowment—the largest in higher education??fell a precipitous 22 percent in a four-month period, the University-wide Task Force on the Arts called for ambitious plans to bolster the place of arts on campus.The committee proposed the construction of major new arts facilities and sweeping changes to the undergraduate curriculum and graduate programs. Yet with a projected 30 percent decline in endowment value by the end of June, Harvard administrators are slashing budgets and curtailing University...
...away even the most qualified applicants. Signs of the new crunch are not hard to come by, especially for young job-hunters immersed in the recruiting process.Kayley E. Laren ’09, the chief investment officer for Smart Women Securities—a student group dedicated to investment education??said that many firms are not looking to hire much beyond the size of their summer class.“There are far fewer firms that are in the career pool because of bankruptcies and acquisitions,” she said. “Frankly, if you?...