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Ever since the 1980s, when a wave of foreclosures inspired those iconic Farm Aid concerts, the media's sporadic reports from farm country have tended to focus on floods, droughts and other disasters. But the farm crisis is as over as Barbara Mandrell. Farm incomes are at an all-time high. The median farmer enjoys five times the net worth of the median nonfarmer household. Crop prices have soared--thanks largely to the Federal Government's promotion of corn ethanol over more efficient renewable energies--and yet subsidies have as well...
...media’s focus has been overwhelmingly on the strategic elements of the race as opposed to the personal histories of the candidates or their stands on the issues,” said Jurkowitz, a longtime writer at the Boston Globe...
...more to show them the entirety of our company instead of the few high-profile divisions.” Creamer emphasized that HSA oversees several important but less well known tasks, including coordinating advertising on campus and fostering business initiatives. He said he wants to focus on refining HSA’s services so they better appeal to students. Jessica-Kate O. Ogungbadero ’09, one of HSA’s assistant managers, said Creamer’s vision for HSA is the biggest thing he brings to the presidency. “I think that we?...
...tutors, and some students. Now that undergraduates don’t have to settle on a concentration until their third semester, the program targets sophomores just getting acquainted with the rhythms of upperclass life. Resident tutors are now expected to help sophomores pick an academic field to make the focus of their years at Harvard. “I’ve seen a lot of programs and initiatives and things come and go during my time at Harvard, and this one to me seems singularly well conceived and thought-out,” Cabot House sophomore advising coordinator Myles...
...tutors, and some students. Now that undergraduates don’t have to settle on a concentration until their third semester, the program targets sophomores just getting acquainted with the rhythms of upperclass life. Resident tutors are now expected to help sophomores pick an academic field to make the focus of their years at Harvard. “I’ve seen a lot of programs and initiatives and things come and go during my time at Harvard, and this one to me seems singularly well conceived and thought-out,” Cabot House sophomore advising coordinator Myles...