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...organizations opened up their doors to parents throughout the weekend—including The Bureau of Study Counsel and The Office of Career Services. Guided Tours of the Art Museums also speckled the afternoon, including exhibits at the Fogg, Sackler, and Peabody Museums. Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross and President Lawrence H. Summers each greeted the parents in Sanders Theatre (see stories, page 1). While many students were taking their parents around, a portion of the student population said they couldn’t have their parents here. “It was disappointing for us, the international...
...proposal that would allow students to list a secondary field—akin to a minor—on their Harvard transcripts may be retroactively applied to current juniors, Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 told a Sanders Theater audience on Friday...
...Faculty decides to pass this legislation [on secondary fields], I imagine that it will do so with a retroactive application. In this case, current students could put a secondary field on their transcript,” Gross said to a packed house of Harvard juniors and their visiting parents...
...Wynn's up-front backing would take "much of the risk out of the equation for us." For a regular tour, he would have faced traveling expenses of $50,000 a week. But success is measured differently in Vegas. "Body count is as important or more important than your gross potential," says Michael Gill, general manager of Vegas' Mamma Mia! Word of mouth for the off-kilter show (Avenue Q features a gaggle of foulmouthed puppets) wasn't enough to fill its 1,200-seat venue, which is 1 1/2 times the size of Avenue Q's Broadway home. Casinos...
That poses a major problem for the police. Drug money, which accounts for perhaps one-third to one-half of Afghanistan's gross national product, creates its own loyalty. Druglords, some of whom have government connections or even hold official posts, "give the Taliban money and weapons" to keep the security forces occupied, says Haji Mirwais, the deputy police commander in Gereshk. "If we go somewhere, someone tips them off, and we get ambushed." In return, the Taliban safeguards heroin factories and provides armed escorts for drug convoys. U.S. military officers say the confluence of drugs and militancy has left...