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...Staff writer Sarah J. Howland can be reached at showland@fas.harvard.edu...
...think in a way the University is behaving like a corporation, figuring out where it can make cuts,” says Kevin J. Davies ’10, a Quincy House resident. “But that’s not how it should be acting. The University has a responsibility to include students in the decisions it’s making, keeping in mind that we are paying tuition and we make Harvard what it is... The University seems like it doesn’t care about students, which is a shame...
...week January term left open by a 2004 proposal to create one University-wide calendar, a schedule later adopted by Interim University President Derek Bok in 2007 for implementation in the 2009-2010 academic year.But four years later, these opportunities remain unrealized. Instead, the College’s first J-Term next winter will feature limited housing for select individuals, encouraging students to explore off-campus options and to use the period for rest and relaxation.The January programming once expected from calendar change has been overshadowed, as administrators reassess the College’s financial priorities in light of economic...
...former dean’s remarks, as even she acknowledged that being the final speaker at yesterday’s class day ceremony meant repeating the sentiments of earlier speakers. “I was expecting something more original, especially coming from her,” said Olivier J. Metzger, a master of laws candidate. But many graduates said they were happy to see Kagan take part in the ceremonies marking their last days as Law School students. Juelle J. Gomes, who will receive a J.D., called the sight of Kagan behind the podium a “nostalgic?...
...succeeded Sundquist as the UC’s executive last semester, that power appears to have come far less easily—both in University Hall and on the Council.It’s partly personality.Sundquist was a social butterfly (Assistant Dean of the College Paul J. McLoughlin once quipped that walking the Yard with him was like accompanying a governor—”he really knows everyone”). Flores is more reserved.And it’s partly circumstance.Rather than network with administrators, Flores made it her stated priority to focus on relationships with students...