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...there are administrative difficulties within departments with these reforms, but the overall student benefit is so great that I think Faculty will end up adopting them,” Petersen said. The UC also passed a bill supporting universal key-card access for freshman dormitories, which would allow upperclassmen equal access to the buildings. The bill argues that universal access would improve safety by allowing all students to enter Yard buildings when in danger. It also argues that universal access for undergraduates would reduce the prevalence of “piggy-backing”—that is, holding...
...Communications. “We are very pleased to offer such exceptional financial support to our undergraduates,” Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby said in the press release. “We do so because quality deserves quality: outstanding students from all backgrounds deserve an equal chance at securing a strong education.” The announcement comes just over two years after University President Lawrence H. Summers unveiled the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative (HFAI), which eliminated tuition payments for families making less than $40,000 a year and cut costs for families earning between...
...Almost equal numbers of Americans are more likely to vote for (29%) or vote against (28%) a candidate who favors criminalizing illegal immigration. More than 1 in 3 (37%) say it wouldn't have much effect on their vote. Republicans in Congress are more likely to feel the heat on this issue. Republicans (37%) are more likely than Democrats (24%) to support a candidate for Congress who favors making illegal immigration a crime. Half of Hispanics (50%)- a hotly contested group courted by both parties - would punish candidates who favored criminalization of illegals...
...controversial law-which seeks to reduce chronic youth unemployment levels of over 20% by allowing businesses to fire workers aged 26 and under after less than two years on the job without having to dole out hefty severance pay. Detractors argue that the law ignores French constitutional guarantees of equal rights and treatment for all citizens - a general principle some claim would be violated if labor protection other workers enjoy were denied to younger employees...
...Affluence has brought ease, says Thomson, but it also means "people in their everyday lives don't have enough opportunities for the expression of capability - ways to say, 'I did that! That was me!'" For men as well as women (who Lush says buy her book in almost equal numbers), Spotless may be a stand-in for the neighbors they don't talk to over the fence, or the grandparent they never see. And a way to take creative control of at least the few square meters of the world they call home. When everything else looks like a mess...