Word: establish
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...many current students, the objectives of prefrosh weekend were more concrete but similar in spirit, generally ranging from “get them drunk” to “get them laid.” This surprises no one: Harvardians are always eager to establish their partying bona fides, and ever-hopeful that next year’s crop of freshmen will be both hotter and less awkward than those that came before...
Helicopters? One can forgive the overreaction. Martin's death has shocked this town, which has searched for the appropriate response. One good response: the city will be working with the Martin family to establish a website where people from around the world can post condolences...
...pressing concern. Faust was right-on in her speech when she said, “We need to do better.” Faculty at Harvard’s Center for the Environment should work closely with President Faust and the rest of the University administration to establish the economic base necessary for campus greening. In our pursuit of sustainability, we need to set quantifiable benchmarks for the near future. The University should take a cue from Boston and adopt a University-wide emissions reduction target. Until rhetoric and symbolic action are replaced by a commitment to lower emissions, Harvard?...
...history, according to Campbell. The report did also find instances in which members of the institution played important roles in the abolitionist movement.While Campbell said his main focus in compiling the report was to fulfill the charge given him by Simmons, he nevertheless hoped the report would establish an important precedent for other universities. “In my heart I always hoped and expected that the work we were doing here, if we did it responsibly, thoroughly and well, might encourage other institutions to take a look at their own history,” Campbell said. Brown showed...
...younger Royall, who served on an administrative committee at Harvard, would later donate over 2,100 acres of land to Harvard, and also leave funds to establish what is now the Royall Professorship of Law, the first endowed chair at the Law School...