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...time for the Harvard community to reignite Higginson’s vision. An internal Harvard memo obtained in 2005 by the Boston Globe demonstrated that Harvard students are less happy with their experience than their peers at an elite group of 31 colleges known as the Consortium on Financing Higher Education, with frustration at a lack of an adequate social life and campus community playing a significant role in that dissatisfaction...
Changes to Harvard’s student health insurance policy also include higher copayments, as drug prices have gone up roughly 20 percent from last year, Hurwitz said...
Highlight Reel: 1. On the value of job security: "By a ratio of nearly two-to-one, survey respondents say they would prefer a job that offers better security (59%) over one that offers higher pay (33%) but less stability. It's not the recession that drives this preference. A similar question asked by the General Social Survey in 1989 (when the economy was in the midst of an expansion) produced a similar result...
...presidential vote, fraught with low turnout and mounting accusations of election fraud, Afghan civilians are at a greater risk than ever of violent attacks, aid officials warn. "With the outcome of voting in Afghanistan unclear, the danger and insecurity facing millions of Afghans continues and in fact is higher now than ever," says Sam Zarifi, Amnesty International's Asia-Pacific director. "Antigovernment groups, including the Taliban, have demonstrated a systematic contempt for the safety of civilians by targeting Afghans who want to establish their future through ballots, not bullets." (See pictures of election day in Afghanistan...
...focused on how not to take in refugees," he says. "A lot of people in Europe think we are swamped, but in 2007, we reached a 20-year low with asylum seekers. We have actually been building this Fortress Europe, especially after Sept. 11, and the walls have become higher and higher...