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...part of this week’s budget cuts at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University Dining Services will eliminate most hot breakfast options in House dining halls beginning in the fall, FAS Dean Michael D. Smith announced Monday. The cut comes in response to the College’s decision to lower the board rate students pay by 7.5 percent, as it seeks to devote more money to its “core mission”, according to HUDS spokeswoman Crista Martin. The reductions in hot breakfast will save the College $900,000 a year, HUDS Executive...
Quad living will get a little tougher next year, according to many residents. Quadlings cited concerns about safety and an anticipated decline in the quality of residential life due to budget cuts announced on Monday by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The reductions are geared towards helping FAS close a $220 million annual deficit. In particular, the plan to terminate shuttle service to the Quad next year at 1:30 a.m. from Sunday to Wednesday—when it has previously ended at 3:45—sparked anger among Quad students. Many said that this cut, along with...
...whether they will have them—and whether they’ll be edible,” said Jack, who added that he is fine with the University’s decision to close the Coffee Bar. The budget cut announcements, which were posted on a new FAS Web site aimed at providing up-to-date information on cost-cutting measures, said that the Coffee Bar’s espresso machine and vending machines “will remain available if demand is sufficient.” Widener Café will also continue to have microwave ovens...
...grueling exercise for everyone” and “a shared pain” at the meetings, many students said they disproportionately affected student life and that the process of making cuts had not been transparent.“This whole process shows a fundamental disconnect between what FAS is doing and what matters to students,” said Adams House Committee Co-Chair Amol K. Jain ’10 during the meeting in Quincy. “This stinks of rhetoric—the whole Web site does.”Chief among students?...
...mail or anything and we didn’t know beforehand...I don’t think our coaches knew either.” The cut was one of several made by the athletic department to reduce its budget as part of $77 million in reductions across FAS released Monday. Athletic department officials plan to meet with members of the JV teams in the coming weeks to assist with the transition to club status, the players said. Director of Athletics Robert L. Scalise and other administrators in the athletic department did not return repeated requests for comment over the past...