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...which roughly 1,000 students promised to reduce their carbon footprint during Thanksgiving Break. In a campus-wide e-mail last Wednesday, Director of Sustainability Heather A. Henriksen said the importance of the pledge is two-fold: “It commits individuals to specific actions to reduce their impact on the earth, and it also promotes testing and implementation of renewable energy technologies on our campus,” she said. For each pledge, Harvard will contribute $1.50 toward renewable energy projects on campus. The pledge rates of each Harvard school will help determine the location of the funded...
...industry of how influential its TV shows and movies are to youngsters and to alert parents to the critical role they play in monitoring and mediating what their children watch. Having ammunition in the form of a study-based association such as Chandra documented just gives the message more impact...
...Soetoro-Ng said, "She was the cornerstone of our family and a woman of extraordinary accomplishment, strength and humility. She was the person who encouraged and allowed us to take chances. She was proud of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren and left this world with the knowledge that her impact on all of us was meaningful and enduring. Our debt to her is beyond measure...
...Donato and the rest of the Crimson believes that their sophomore forward will surpass last year’s success, helping the Crimson go head-to-head with the ECAC’s most talented teams all season. Biega’s defining characteristic last season was his impact in games against ranked opponents. He tallied a pair of goals in December’s loss to the eventual NCAA Champion Eagles as well as goals against No. 18 Quinnipiac and No. 19 Rensselaer. “I expect Michael to continue to improve and take the next step...
...course, these spectacles are carefully orchestrated by the campaign to underline Obama's momentum going into election day. The venues are picked to maximize the impact on early voting in swing districts of states won by George W. Bush in 2004. The crowds are a mix of long-time supporters and targeted fence sitters, though when you're pushing 100,000 it seems more like everyone and their brother. And the speeches are pure gravy: light on policy and full of Obama's greatest hits, from variations on his 2004 Democratic National Convention line "We are more than a collection...