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...Harvard’s policy of not recognizing single-sex social organizations stems from the merger of Harvard and Radcliffe and the desire of the College to protect women from discrimination in joining previously all-male organizations,” Kidd writes in an e-mail. “Although the Committee on College Life sub-committee on Harvard student organizations looked into this topic during the year, no decision to change the policy was reached...
...with the merger of the Hay and the Sweeney divisions next year, the parity in the EIVA conference will only increase...
According to Cathy McCormick, director of programs for the Office of the Arts (OFA), after the merger of Harvard and Radcliffe in 1999, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies informed the OFA that their lease on the building would end in June 2005. In response to this loss of space, student activists campaigned in 2003 to have the University provide dancers with an alternative...
Betting on Consolidation After e-commerce boom and bust comes merger mania: that was the sense last week as online travel firm lastminute.com - the money-losing, London-based icon of the Internet frenzy - agreed to a $1.1 billion takeover by Texas-based Sabre Holdings, owner of rival Travelocity. The grounds? While there's room for growth in Europe 's Web-based travel sector - as little as 10% of trips are currently booked online in the region - there's no longer room for everyone. Price pressure from major hotels' and airlines' own online operations means Web-based operators "need...
...Sydney. Rivkin, whose lavish lifestyle included raucous parties aboard his $4 million yacht, more than 100 exotic cars and a fondness for Cuban cigars, was sentenced to nine months' periodic detention over a purchase of shares in Qantas Airways made after receiving a tip-off about a possible merger. Rarely seen in public since his release, Rivkin had admitted to depression and in recent years suffered from health problems, including brain tumors, gall-bladder problems and bipolar disorder...