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...voters, amounting to at least a 2.2 million increase from 2004, according to Tufts University’s Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement. H-VOTE, an Institute of Politics program that helped students register in their home states and obtain absentee ballots, reported a four-fold increase in the number of voters it registered compared to 2004. Two thousand and seventeen students registered or pledged to vote this year through H-VOTE, up from about 500 during the last presidential race. Alice J. Gissinger ’11, a student leader of H-VOTE, said...
...Cold Turkey” campaign in which roughly 1,000 students promised to reduce their carbon footprint during Thanksgiving Break. In a campus-wide e-mail last Wednesday, Director of Sustainability Heather A. Henriksen said the importance of the pledge is two-fold: “It commits individuals to specific actions to reduce their impact on the earth, and it also promotes testing and implementation of renewable energy technologies on our campus,” she said. For each pledge, Harvard will contribute $1.50 toward renewable energy projects on campus. The pledge rates of each Harvard school will help...
...Paper and pencil. That's how nearly every other Western democracy does it. It's easy, simple. You put whatever mark you want in the box next to your candidate's name, fold it over and put it in the ballot box. When the polls close, the box is opened, the ballots dumped out on a table for everyone to see, with poll watchers from each party present. And federal elections should be run by the Federal Government. That's how they do it in Canada. Elections Canada is the name of the federal agency. They use all local people...
DeltaWest? Norelta? Northwest and Delta have announced a merger. It will take up to two years to fold Northwest fully into Delta, so, in the meantime, the airlines will continue to operate separately. You won't lose any award points you've accrued with Northwest, and if you bought your tickets with that airline, you should still go to its gates at the airport to check in. For more info, see the FAQ on the Northwest website...
...Another link with the past is Wayne Golding, who bluffed his way into the art room in 1984 and rose to become the company's chief copywriter. Convinced Mambo was dying under Gazal, he left the fold for 14 months but is now back, a wise head in a smart young team. "To many at Gazal, Mambo could have been a breakfast cereal or a box of dog biscuits," says Golding. "There was a failure to appreciate that we were at the élite end of the hard-core surf market." The brand hadn't moved with the times, persisting...