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Paul Berkeley, an Allston resident, said he was pleased to see Harvard leasing to a “cutting edge” environmental group, given the halt on the construction of the Science complex...
...Committee to Review the Ad Board recommends altering the role of the Student Faculty Judicial Board and renaming it the Student-Faculty Administrative Board, which would be given a larger role in deciding cases of academic dishonesty. Students would have to opt to have their cases heard by this second academic board...
...Athlete of the Week distinction is reserved for a Harvard competitor who excels in a given time frame, standing out among seven days’ worth of effort across all sports. But wrestling co-captain J.P. O’Connor has not limited his brilliance to periodic outbursts. The career wins leader in program history has been the definition of consistency, translating a record-setting freshman campaign into four years of sustained excellence, overcoming injuries and setbacks in the process. This week, O’Connor simply vaulted the last hurdle—adding a national championship title...
...rationale is fairly simple. The pen used to sign historic legislation itself becomes a historical artifact. The more pens a President uses, the more thank-you gifts he can offer to those who helped create that piece of history. The White House often engraves the pens, which are then given as keepsakes to key proponents or supporters of the newly signed legislation. When Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964, he reportedly used more than 75 pens (video footage can be found here, although camera cutaways make it hard to keep track) and gave one of the first...
Once they're given away, some pens wind up in museums; others are displayed proudly in recipients' offices or homes. But they sometimes pop up again, like in the 2008 presidential campaign, when John McCain vowed to use the same pen given to him by President Reagan to cut pork from the federal budget...