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This is welcome news since, as guided by the Housing Renewal Report released last spring, the proposed renovations promise to help address many of Harvard’s most pressing issues. Notably, the remodeling attends to the lack of social spaces within houses. Dining halls will no longer be the only place to hold large functions, and the Junior Common Rooms will no longer be the only student “hangout” space in the house. Aside from improving social spaces, many of the report’s recommendations, such as eliminating walk-throughs, remodel Harvard?...
...Southeast Asia most vulnerable to flooding. The capital region is perched on a marshy isthmus that is crisscrossed with streams and rivers. An ever-growing population - Manila is now a sprawling mega-city of some 12 million people, larger still when factoring in the day-worker population - and the lack of infrastructure to accommodate it left swaths of the city exposed. "What we are seeing is a phenomenon that will affect many major cities in Asia," says Neeraj Jain, country specialist for the Philippines at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which is headquartered in Manila. "Urbanization has been so rapid...
...fact that we have the first African-American President is unknowable. That racism exists is indisputable. Two more things we know: First, there is a deep sense of discontent among many Americans and a distrust of government and authority, which Time's recent poll showed. And second, a lack of respect and civility in our discourse undermines our ability as a nation to solve our problems--and we have quite a lot of them at the moment...
...hope to see such ideas being incorporated into the next round of budget cuts. Nevertheless, it is up to students and the community to take this opportunity to voice their opinion and be a part of the budget cut process. Many were quick to criticize the University on the lack of transparency in their decision-making process when it announced its first round of cuts. The Idea Bank is a great opportunity to remedy this. The site makes it very easy for users to contribute, as it is well-designed and simple to use. Ideas can be posted anonymously...
...Technical Workers. He was even more disturbed when a new supervisor began to subject him to racial slurs, mocking his Indian accent in front of other staff. The incidents that followed are not just an embarrassing, and as yet unresolved, incident for the Harvard community; they demonstrate a troubling lack of accountability in protecting union rights on campus...