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Housing for the campaigners will also be provided for free by the local campaign offices...
...which 40 percent of food options in each dining hall at Yale are sustainable. Martin Breslin, the director for culinary operations at Harvard University Dining Services, wrapped up the discussion with the 2008 HUDS Sustainability Report, documenting Harvard’s progress to advance sustainability and offer fresh, local produce in dining halls. Harvard’s Sustainability Week, which takes place from Oct. 19 to Oct. 24, will feature a variety of activities organized by the University as well as by the Phillips Brooks House Association and student organizations such as the Environmental Action Committee. The week will culminate...
...been deliberately limited out of concern that too close an association with Harvard’s brand name could alter the character of the Lab by drawing too much publicity too early. “In part, this is an effort to avoid a brain-drain and keep local conditions intact,” Bruderlein said. But Bruderlein added that he hopes Harvard can still serve to connect the fledgling Lab with research being conducted at Harvard, despite the loose affiliation. The Harvard program now serves primarily as an information hub for conflict resolution practitioners worldwide through online portals, according...
...continue to blame the Republicans for the financial crisis and the gloomy mood of an unstable nation. At the same time, the impact of Obama's massive fund-raising advantage has hit full force, as battleground states are flooded with television ads, direct mail and well-paid armies of local organizers. As Obama's lead has held (and even grown in some polls), pundits and political strategists in both parties have begun to assertively predict an easy Obama win, possibly producing a self-fulfilling wave...
...When Barack Obama was 6 years old, he was the only foreign child in his neighborhood in Jakarta, Indonesia. He didn't know the kids, didn't speak the language. At first the locals were a little freaked out, says Zulfin Adi, 47, who as a kid lived a block from Obama. "He was so much bigger than the rest of us." So they decided to haze him. One day a group of children ambushed him, carried him to the local watering hole and threw him in. They had no idea if he could swim. But when Obama came...