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Bright young PhDs grinding through research may no longer see Harvard as the light at the end of the tunnel. As a result of the economic downturn, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences has cut its number of faculty searches from 50 to 21. We understand that in this difficult financial climate sacrifices need to be made. Nevertheless, impeding the College’s flow of intellectual resources is an unwise compromise...
...with 1:24 on the clock, BC’s Ben Smith finished off a wraparound pass from a teammate to light the lamp and tie the game at three...
...indices posted even worse returns, with the S&P 500 falling 24.6 percent in the same period. HMC chief executive Jane L. Mendillo wrote in a statement that an analysis conducted by the firm’s management team to evaluate the size and structure of the company in light of current market conditions had concluded that “the time was right for a significant rebalancing of our staff and our functions.” But she added that the analysis was conducted more as a standard procedure than as a response to unprecedented losses in the endowment...
...light of these factors, we hope that executives will rise to the occasion and make do with their salary caps. Wall Street’s image could not be much worse, and executives must take note that taxpayer and consumer confidence matters. In the long run, we hope that this debate sparks a deeper discussion on the extent to which lavish salaries and bonuses by CEOs can be justified, in times of crisis or otherwise. As for now, the salary caps will apply only so long as corporations are relying on the government’s bailout. In other words...
...Cambridge City Council on Wednesday when, following protests from many fearful and disgruntled citizens, the body voted to keep surveillance cameras already installed in the city turned off, citing their possible contribution to the erosion of civil liberties. This move by the council was an overreaction in light of the surveillance program’s scope, purpose, and prior history. Funded by a grant from the Department of Homeland Security, a mere eight cameras were installed around Cambridge in 2008 to aid firefighters and other evacuation personnel in the event of an emergency. For a sizeable community like Cambridge...