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Harvard’s security guards will be allowed to unionize for the first time since the University outsourced their jobs two years ago, a change that signals a hard-fought victory for the guards and student activists.AlliedBarton, the contractor that employs Harvard’s security guards, and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) reached the agreement permitting the guards to organize last Friday.“The parties have reached an understanding in principle for a fair process by which the officers at Harvard can decide whether or not to become represented by the SEIU...
Thankfully, others advocated otherwise, defending the hard-fought conclusions of the Task Force on General Education. Buttenwieser University Professor Stanley Hoffmann replied: “George Bernard Shaw once said, ‘People who are merely specialists are basically idiots.’” The promulgation of knowledge, Hoffmann seemed to say, must extend beyond mere methodology if it is to help students to accomodate the real challenges they will face beyond college. Most of us are not in the running to become scholars content in understanding one specialized area of the world, as Mankiw?...
...hard-fought battle between the Harvard football team and Princeton last Saturday, free safety Danny Tanner broke up a pass, making it fourth-and-four for the Tigers. With the Crimson up 28-24, a stop would have sealed the deal...
However, and however surprisingly, the Ivy League also got in on the act. Visiting Holy Cross pulled a collective T.O., dancing on the Dartmouth “D” at midfield following a hard-fought overtime win. The Big Green took exception, and the post-game handshakes devolved into various pockets of pushing and punching...
While consecutive hard-fought losses to No. 12 Providence College and No. 5 Duke University were justifiable, last night’s defeat on Jordan Field at the hands of cross-town rival Northeastern (6-6) substantially added to the frustration of the now 0-10 Harvard women’s field hockey team. “I think it was a great cross-town game, a great regional game, a great battle,” said Harvard head coach Sue Caples. “But it gets hard to play always battling back.” After...