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Members of Melstrom's group will contribute $500 annually and meet up to four times a year to decide on local charities to support with a grant--any cause its members deem worthwhile. For instance, Party with Purpose, in Hoboken, N.J., has raised more than $125,000 to fight Alzheimer's and help preserve the oceans. In Charleston, S.C., Chicks with Checks has contributed big bucks to battle breast cancer and support a local hospice...
...Mayer, executive director of Harvard University Dining Services, moved from Middlebury College to Cambridge to direct one of the country’s oldest (and largest) self-operating collegiate dining services. He sits down with FM to dish about his plans to make Harvard sustainable, forty thousand pounds of local squash, and traveling to Tokyo to talk about college cafeterias. Dying to get a taste of Mayer’s next moves? Read on, ’cause your order’s up. 1. Fifteen Minutes (FM): If you were stranded on a desert island for one month...
...profit organizations, explained referenda on the ballot yesterday, and offered a heroin addict’s perspective on recovery. These voices define Spare Change as a cultural institution unique to Harvard Square—an area long known for its pursuit of truth. Through many state, federal, and local administrations and their efforts to eradicate poverty, Spare Change has remained as a bellwether for homeless people. No matter the cost, members of the Harvard Square community should unite to ensure its survival. All it takes is a little spare change...
...some Republicans now think they must lurch to the Left on these issues to sway voters. Despite all the Democrats’ allegations of partisan inflexibility, many conservatives already have begun their swing, especially during George Bush’s tenure. No Child Left Behind stamped federal standards on local schools and Medicare Part D bloated government spending...
...course, there may be a simpler reason for what seems like a farcical outcome. Stevens himself offered it in an answer about his legal status during an online video debate posted on the website of a local television station. His seat belongs to a Republican, he said. The subtext was: Vote for me, and in the worst-case scenario, you can vote for another Republican in a special election if I step down. Voters may have followed that logic. While Democrats would have loved to have sent Young and Stevens packing, Alaska is a deeply red state, and Obamamania never...