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...Numerous protest groups??€”including the Boston Anti-Authoritarian Movement, Massachusetts Global Action, the Boston May Day Coalition, and the Harvard Students for a Democratic Society—decried Caldéron’s legitimacy as a president, his treatment of indigenous Mexicans in Oaxaca and Chiapas, and his positions on continental trade...
Should Harvard, then, simply dissolve the IOP? Hardly. The IOP’s component groups??€”especially those farthest from its administrative core—produce meaningful work, especially when engaged on the streets and in communities. And the fiscal and networking apparatus of the IOP’s adults serves a function in helping independently motivated students with its grant-writing and publishing programs...
...group conducting the project, The Education Conservancy, has raised $124,000 for its project to create an online college information system that will serve as an alternative to commercially sponsored rankings. Yale University and Princeton University have both donated $30,000 to the project, according to Lloyd Thacker, the groups??€™s executive director. Additionally, Harvard faculty members have contributed to the group’s efforts. “While many informed persons mutter about the inequities and wrong-headedness of the current college admissions procedure, almost no one has taken the crucial step from complaint to constructive...
Restrictive voter registration practices negatively affect the turnout of young voters, according to a study released this week. The study—released by the Student Public Interest Research Groups??€™ (PIRGs) New Voters Project—examined colleges in Arizona and New Mexico, states with especially restrictive voting laws, during the 2006 election cycle. Last year, students from the National Campaign at the Institute of Politics conducted a similar study, in which they analyzed voting restrictions in five states that required students to register or vote in person for their first election. The new study by the Student...
...example, while Samuel C. Cohen ’00 was vice-president in 1998, he pushed for access to cable television for students and increased funding for student groups??€”both of which are platform issues in this year’s race...