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...first truly bipartisan achievement of the Obama era: a payroll-tax holiday. Some proponents suggest a year or two (more like a payroll-tax sabbatical), but, at a cost of $100 billion per month, we’re probably talking more in the nature of one of those European holidays??i.e., a month...
Nicole Sheldon-Desjardins first conceived of a Women’s Day film festival during her time in Cameroon with the Peace Corps. There, she said, International Women’s Day is one of just three holidays??along with Independence Day and Youth Day—celebrated by parades and a complete suspension of school and work. “It was shocking to me that in Cameroon, where there is such inequality,” Sheldon-Desjardins says, “women celebrate in this way.”When she returned to the States...
...term” are ill-advised. By offering classes—whether or not they will count for transcript credit—Harvard will incentivize students’ returning after less than two weeks of break. The same students who already feel guilty for not studying during the holidays??even with 11 days of post-Christmas reading period on the horizon—will feel plenty of pressure not to take a five-week winter break. This is especially the case given the resumé-mania that dominates many students’ lives during December and January, when...
...Certified for implementation in fall 2009, the reform—which will move exams before winter break and give students more time off for the holidays??followed an extensive advocacy campaign. In the run-up to the decision, advocacy efforts included everything from a UC-authored 10,000-word position paper that included a newly proposed calendar to a UC-run referendum in which 84 percent of the more than 3,000 undergraduate participants voted their approval to the proposition...
...ever-so-liberal Cambridge, the vast majority of shops have by now replaced “Merry Christmas” with “Season’s Greetings” or “Happy Holidays?? in their storefront windows, if they give any indication whatsoever that the holiday shopping season is underway. Their intentions are anything but insidious—eager not to alienate potential customers, merchants have downgraded their well-wishing from mildly religious to totally bland. Unlike government buildings, stores are not required by law to maintain non-denominational decorations, but instead choose...