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...beginning of the season [the captains] mentioned to them that they weren’t freshman anymore and that we were expecting a lot more from them, and we didn’t have to repeat that. They really took it seriously and they really [worked hard] right from the first practice and the first lift session.”Being freshmen on a team that enjoyed a near flawless record last year did not prepare the now-sophomores for the uphill battle that Harvard has faced this season. It is a testament to their raw talent and unyielding determination...
...plucky t-shirt brand famous for the “Life is good” slogan—closed its doors last Sunday. According to store owner Glen Tompkins, the economy simply “knocked us out.” But silver lining isn’t hard to find for Tompkins, who has been surrounded by the brand’s optimistic stick figures since the store opened in August of 2006, “It’s not all doom and gloom,” he said. While Tompkins noted a contingent...
Last December, President Faust warned the Harvard community that the administration would be taking a “hard look at hiring, staffing levels, and compensation.” In the past, Harvard’s “hard looks” have hit workers hardest, resulting in layoffs, outsourcing, and unlivable wages for Harvard’s service employees. Yet resistance from workers and students has kept Harvard accountable for its questionable labor practices and allowed for the implementation of many policies and contracts that adequately compensate employees for their work...
...Budget cuts will be hard for everyone, but a university that prides itself on being at the cutting edge of innovation and thought can surely find more creative ways to make up the deficit than laying off its lowest-paid workers, who need their jobs the most. Harvard must make a conscious effort to save as many jobs as possible and prioritize the livelihoods of those who work hard to keep Harvard working...
...next move, he felt a sense of disillusionment with the path he had chosen.“I had always gotten stellar performance reviews,” Swanay says. “I still had my parents’ generation’s mindset that if you work hard and do well people are always going to appreciate you and reward you. But life was different than that.”Realizing that a change of course was in order, Swanay turned to his first love—baseball—for a push in the right direction.Having grown...