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...Haitians are angry that the UN force has done little to stop the wave of kidnappings and other criminal violence that have cast a shadow over the election, but MINUSTAH officials insist that their mission does not extend to fighting crime. Last week, a general strike was called for January 9 to pressure the UN to take action to halt the violence. Despite an increased presence of troops on the streets, few residents of the capital, Port-au-Prince, feel safer. The seaside slum of Cite Soleil, where most victims are taken, is off limits to almost everyone other than...
...Committee on House Life (CHL) subcommittee charged with examining dining hall hours and interhouse restrictions considered the high costs of extending the dinner hours yesterday and discussed other options—including extending grill hours in each house. The costs of these new options will be determined and then discussed at the next meeting. Executive Director of Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) Ted A. Mayer and HUDS Director for Finance, Information Systems and Procurement Raymond R. Cross explained the increased costs that would accompany each of three different dining hall schedules. Considering that more students would presumably...
Based on the company’s inability to meet the board’s deadline, the university decided not to renew or extend contracts with Coca-Cola that expired on Jan. 1, 2006. In the 2005 fiscal year, Michigan spent about $1.4 million on Coke products, according to the university’s statement...
...distance. King called down benignly from the floor above for Orange to be careful with preachers half his size. McCullough and Orange walked back to talk with two female college students who pulled in just behind them. Jesse Jackson emerged from the rehearsal room, which reminded King to extend his rapprochement. "Jesse, I want you to come to dinner with me," he said...
Even at liberal universities, incidents of hate are not “small, isolated occurrences.” They happen more frequently than people assume, and, as Hastrup concedes, their effects extend beyond individual victims. All minority students, and especially queer students, were sent a frightening message last spring when a fellow student was beaten near a queer dance party on Harvard’s campus. Any one of the hundreds of queer and non-queer students who attended the dance could have been the victim. It is simply unfathomable how Hastrup can label this crime as an isolated occurrence...