Word: garnering
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...some stereotypes are based on truth. Harvard is in fact a wealthy place: more than 80 percent of the Class of 2009 hails from the top half of the national income distribution. It can also be difficult for students to garner personal attention: the student-to-faculty ratio is higher than Yale, Princeton, and the University of Pennsylvania. And an internal Harvard memo from 2002 revealed that Harvard students rate their campus’s social life below many of their peers at other elite schools. The memo, first reported in The Boston Globe, ranked Harvard 26th...
...petition for later closing hours. The administration has already recognized undergraduates’ need for late night snack options in their planning for the Lamont café and Loker pub. But here, administrators have an enormous opportunity to reach out to a campus institution, a move that would also garner good will among the student population. At the very least, the University should make it a priority to improve House grilles and brain breaks. There is clearly enormous demand for a later-closing Felipe’s—a petition last year drew 2,600 signatures. It?...
...later added. After Underwood finished speaking, students filled the lobby of Boylston trying to find an opportunity to speak with him and to get their books signed.“This wasn’t just a writer promoting his book,” said Erin B. Garner ’07, who helped to organize the event. “It expanded into topics including, what it means to be an African-American actor-writer, how media portrays the African-American male and a discussion about the American family unit, just to name...
...leader in points (10), and offensive weapons Jane Sackovich and Beverlie Ting, who have each scored three goals on the season. According to McDavitt, Harvard will look to match the speed and stick skills of Princeton. While the postseason may be unlikely for the Crimson, it still hopes to garner a win tomorrow, both for revenge and pride. Regardless of the teams’ records, tomorrow promises an intense shootout. Harvard hopes to prove that the recent struggles are merely a fluke and that it remains one of the top teams in the league—and after...
...Wilson says he wants to implement reforms as fast as possible, and FiCom’s the best place to do that, even as a mere commitee member.Rumor has it that if he does make a play for the helm, Wilson would likely garner the support of First Senior Class Marshal Moore. However, he is not expected to win the support of current president Matthew J. Glazer ’06. Not only was it Wilson’s job as Moore’s campaign manager to stop Glazer from becoming president last year, but Glazer would probably...