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...quickly distinguish between students and intruders are an important commodity. It is understandable that SSI guards who are now patrolling the Houses do not know their way around--after all, they just started the job this fall. But the question is, will they stick around long enough to gain familiarity with students and their buildings? While most Harvard guards had been on the force for 10 years or more, only three of the SSI guards on the Longwood campus could claim that length of tenure. In fact, outsourcing encourages mobility. Because of the lower pay and smaller benefits, fewer guards...
...living wage campaign. But, in some sense, this is to be expected. In general, students who devote their time to student groups at Harvard do so earnestly and honestly. Whether I decide to direct a play, write for a publication or celebrate my cultural heritage, it is because I gain some intrinsic pleasure from the activity itself. I have, to use Purdy's words, identified with a project, relationship or aspiration. My extracurricular choice--whatever it might be--would rarely elicit accusations of false or selfish motives...
...microfilm collection as widely available to scholars as possible. Accordingly, Hoover and Rosarkhiv agreed to publish the collection by offering it for sale. Hoover's $3 million investment to create the collection has thus made it possible for libraries around the world, including the Lamont Library at Harvard, to gain access to an valuable scholarly resource at a very reasonable cost. As a result of its purchase, Harvard has acquired an archival collection that will serve its students and scholars well for many years to come...
Books about the market's direction are pure guesswork. Elias and that other Kadlec as much as admit that there's nothing special in their forecasts. Elias predicts Dow 40,000 by 2016, an average annual gain of 9%. Kadlec projects Dow 100,000 by 2020, equal to 11% a year. Given that stocks have returned 17% a year over the past 20 years, it's hard even to call them bulls. About all they're saying is that the U.S. will remain a sovereign nation. I'd call that a real sturdy limb they've climbed onto...
Retirement communities too are recognizing the need to welcome not just grandparents but their grandchildren as well. Some, like Marriott's Bedford Court in Silver Spring, Md., schedule holiday celebrations to which grandchildren are invited. Others, realizing how much good the old and the young gain from rubbing elbows, have introduced intergenerational programs for all their residents. Goodwin House in Alexandria, Va., arranges activities that draw unrelated youngsters as well as grandchildren. "The young people stimulate mental health and a cheerful outlook in the elders, and [the young] gain from the mentoring by the seniors," says spokesman Andrew Morgan...