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...fellow HRSFAn Alexa R. Weingarden ’08, relented but said, “I don’t want to put ridiculous pressure on you, but it’s a lot of fun.” To explain themselves, Granoff and James showed me their HRSFA membership cards, which read, “Because friends don’t let friends choose wisely.” I left, but James ended up watching the sunrise with Granoff, Lerer, and three others...
...rest of the year. The Society used to hold the occasional social eventthat is, until its Social Chair flew off to Europe in January. While the position sat empty for two whole months, no attempt was made to reappoint someone to fill the void. Instead, the entire board membership split the responsibility of arranging social events between themselves. Responsibility without accountability is a recipe for inaction, and true to this logic, Woodbridges supposed festivities were mediocre non-events. While in previous years, more planning used to go into the Societys activities to make them actual cultural events with poetry...
Finally, Woodbridge ought to consider lobbying for the unique concerns of its membership. It is often extremely difficult, for example, for international students to pay the fees required to obtain an American visa. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences has agreed to reimburse the $100 visa fee for graduate students in the scientific and technical disciplines; Woodbridge should lobby to extend this consideration to undergraduates...
...pick up a visa on arrival (subject to certain approvals) and the organization of meetings and banquets. China Fast Track, tel: (852) 2545 2183, is currently available at 11 airports in mainland China. You pay a one-off joining fee ($650 per person; $1,290 for corporate membership) and then purchase a package of points to be redeemed against the perks you select...
...accounts (PRAs) will chiefly affect young people like me, the AARP is vehemently opposing them. Indeed, the President has set as a nonnegotiable principle that Social Security benefits will not be altered for Americans 55 and older—so that the vast majority of AARP’s membership will not be affected...