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Nworah B. Ayogu ’10, the political action chair for the BMF, said that he was hopeful that the protest and fast would persuade Harvard to influence AlliedBarton in rewriting its contracts to make them more respectful of the “basic rights any workers deserve...
Despite yesterday’s protest and fast, SLAM members vowed to continue their lobbying efforts...
...might need to put more pressure on the administration before we get a response,” said Jessica G. Ranucci ’10. CORRECTION: The April 27 news article "Students Fast for Guards" misstated the number of students who held a day-long fast to sway contract negotiations for Harvard's security guards. While the article said that about two dozen students participated in the fast, that figure actually referred to the number of students protesting outside the office of University President Derek C. Bok. In fact, a total of about 75 students participated in the fast...
...days later, national media outlets report that, based on tests done on the cheek cells left on the candidate’s utensil, he carries the gene that causes Huntington’s Disease, a fast-acting, highly degenerative neurological disorder that first appears in the patient’s middle-aged years. Doctors say chances are high that the diseases’ onset will come within the next five years. Under heavy pressure, he withdraws from the race, since there’s a good chance that he’d be unable to complete a term as president...
What Harvard Would Probs Do: Lame Idea #1: Let yet another not 24-hour fast-food chain buy up the space; (everyone loves McDonalds)! Lame Idea #2: Put a few beds in it and call it overflow housing for upperclassmen. Lame Idea #3: Store books there to make up for the lack of libraries on campus. Lame Idea #4: Make more “freshmen-friendly” spaces so freshmen will have more friends. Lame Idea #5: Use extra endowment money to build nuclear bombs for fun there, rather than dealing with trivial matters like financial aid. What Harvard...