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Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, home to the lovable groundhog-cum-weather prophet Punxsutawney Phil (popularized in the 1993 Bill Murray film Groundhog Day), got a boost last week when residents learned they had found favor in the traditional year-end Congressional appropriations bill. Thanks to some last minute wrangling by Rep. John Peterson, R-Pa., the federal government will be allocating $100,000 for the creation of a weather museum there. According to a website maintained by the local chamber of commerce, the “discovery center” will “educate a variety of groups, individuals, ages...
...strongest argument that can be made in favor of including the wind energy fee on the termbill is precisely on this issue of relevance. Unlike the extraneous possibilities that have been thrown around by opponents, the wind energy fee is specifically targeted at an existing aspect of student consumption. Part of the room and board fee assessed to each undergraduate at the beginning of the term goes to providing electricity. The proposed optional fee would allow students not to change the goods and services offered, but to indicate their willingness to pay extra for the College to purchase a portion...
...Crimson poll of 391 undergraduates conducted in October, 77 percent of students said they would be in favor of moving exams before break, while 55 percent of those in favor said they would support a J-term...
...know a little bit more before we can develop opinions about it,” says Dean of the Social Sciences David Cutler. “In the abstract, it’s hard to say anything—it’s like asking, are you in favor of Harvard having a medical school...
...became clear throughout the afternoon that professors are overwhelmingly undecided about what the general education system should look like. In an impromptu straw poll taken by Sandel towards the end of the over two-hour discussion, approximately 12 professors said they would favor a system of strict distributional requirements, while about twice that number voted in favor of a distributional system that would include Harvard College Courses...