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...surprising that this nationalist animosity reaches the highest levels of government. The Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao, recently created shockwaves by saying he would refuse to meet with Japan's prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, at a ground-breaking summit of East Asian nations that begins Monday. Reasons include rising Japanese nationalism and a recent visit by the Japanese Premier to the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, which commemorates Japan's war dead, including some war criminals from the time of Japan's invasion of China in the 1930s. But underneath that diplomatic spat over history is a struggle for power and influence...
...University yesterday announced its highest increase to endowment payout in five years, acknowledging that the distribution of funds from the endowment to its schools had failed to keep pace with high returns on Harvard’s investments...
...Harvard Corporation, the University’s highest governing body, voted on Nov. 7 to approve a five-percent increase in base payout for the next fiscal year, which begins July 1, 2007. While the start of fiscal 2007 is more than six months away, the University announces the increases early to allow schools to plan their budgets...
...innate abilities of women in science and sought to broaden the issue of female advancement to “academic fields throughout higher education.” “Our goal as research universities is to create conditions in which all faculty are capable of the highest of academic achievement,” the nine presidents wrote. “Continuing to develop academic personnel policies, institutional resources, and a culture that supports family commitments is therefore essential for maximizing the productivity of our faculty.” The statement followed up on their 2001 pledge to establish...
...chest. While candidates are given $400 by the Election Commission (EC) to fund their campaigns, the Voith-Gadgil campaign has already spent $263 as of Dec. 5. The $80 fine represents 58 percent of its remaining budget, using that figure.The EC found that while Voith, Gadgil, and the highest-ranking member of their campaign staff did not know of the e-mail, it was sent by a “ranking representative of the campaign,” EC Chair Michael B. Love ’08 wrote in an e-mail early this morning.“Pursuant...