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...developing world who are forced to deal every day with the reality of a global financial system in which the cards are stacked against them but on which their liquidity depends are fighting a battle within those institutions. "[World Bank president James] Wolfensohn and [current IMF head Horst] Kohler have become extremely important allies for us," Manuel told the New York Times. "Our real problem is the U.S., Britain and France," he said, referring to those countries' reluctance to deliver on promises of debt relief and to share power in the international financial institutions. "The protesters seem not to understand...
Moreover, it was clear at that meeting that neither Horst nor Radcliffe Dean for Administration A. Keene Metzger realized how important this community has been to all the graduates who are living here currently, and have lived here in the past...
...Radcliffe has explored all possible alternatives to changing Cronkhite. In a news article in The Crimson, Radcliffe spokesperson Michael A. Armini said 83 Brattle St. (an apartment complex across from Cronkhite) might be changed into office space. This was never mentioned at a March 1 meeting with John O. Horst, the Institute's Director of Facilities, Administrative and Technology Services. Clearly there is uncertainty, even among Radcliffe personnel, as to nature of the Institute's proposals...
...Horst's aloofness toward the graduate residents of Cronkhite (epitomized by his observation that "The priorities of the Institute are higher than housing students, especially students that are not the Institute's") is representative of the Institute's attitude toward graduate students, how can graduates be expected to have their legitimate concerns heard with the impartiality and respect to which they are entitled...
...surprising to us here at Cronkhite, therefore, that Horst is oblivious to this experience. Some members of this coalition have lived in the dorm for over four years, and only those who have had administrative affiliations would be known to Horst. Horst has never taken the time to talk to students and discuss with them their research interests or career goals. It is not surprising then that Horst would callously and ignorantly say that students are merely being "housed" in the Cronkhite Graduate Center...