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...council passed a resolution prohibiting the city from financially supporting companies complicit in South African and Namibian racial segregation. Last month, in a move that activists said reflects the impact of the growing divestment movement on the Sudanese government, Sudanese Ambassador Khidir Haroun Ahmed posted an open letter on the government’s website calling for the end of divestment because of its “negative impact” on “the people of Sudan.” Benjamin B. Collins ’06, a member of the divestment committee of the College?...
Associate Dean of Freshmen Rory A. W. Browne plans to leave his post and take a job at Boston College (BC) in June, after 15 years at Harvard, he announced in a letter to his colleagues yesterday...
...According to a 2004 article in the Harvard Mental Health Letter, one of the 10 signs of pathological gambling is “repeated unsuccessful efforts to cut back or stop.” A second sign of pathological behavior is “losing or jeopardizing a personal relationship, job, or career opportunity because of gambling...
...when trying to cut back or stop,” “trying to recoup immediately after losing money,” “lying about gambling,” and “gambling to escape from everyday problems.” According to the Health Letter, “requesting gifts or loans to pay gambling debts” and “committing illegal acts to finance gambling” are also symptoms of addiction...
...presidents of Harvard’s 11 graduate and professional student governments have called on the University to give a spot on the presidential search committee to a graduate student. In a letter sent on Thursday, the student leaders asked the University to skirt tradition and include graduate representation on the nine-member search committee, which currently includes only the six members of the Harvard Corporation—the University’s top governing body—and three representatives from the less powerful Board of Overseers. The University has said a student advisory committee will offer advice...