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...ways to bolster business—especially for locally owned, independent shops. “We are always in campaign mode, encouraging people to come to Harvard Square,” said Denise A. Jillson, executive director of the Harvard Square Businesses Association. “It is our mission to promote commerce in Harvard Square.” HSBA coordinates several events throughout the year to encourage more people to come to the Square, including the winter celebration Sparklefest, to take place on Dec. 20 and Dec. 21. Sparklefest will feature ice skating at the Charles Hotel, a holiday...
...today—the 350th day of the year—in order to raise awareness for Project 350, an environmental activism movement that aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to the “sustainable level” of 350 parts per million. Project 350 says in its mission statement that its “first job is to make sure everyone knows this target so that our political leaders feel real pressure to act.” Memorial Church will be taking part for the first time in synchronous ringing with other churches in the Square...
...first time in double digits, while Finelli rounded out the double-digit efforts with 10 points. The Crimson shot 43.8 percent from the field and 37.5 percent from the three-point line, but lost the battle on the boards. “That was a team on a mission on the boards,” Delaney-Smith said. “They showed us that we have to do a better job on rebounding. We were good, but they still out-rebounded us.” —Staff writer Evan Kendall can be reached at kendall@fas.harvard.edu...
...second. After all, simply having an interest in business and the corporate world does not indicate that one is unqualified or inadequate to teach; rather, it is one’s commitment and perseverance once in the classroom that matters. It is part of TFA’s core mission to create a generation of teachers from all backgrounds that can “ultimately exert broader societal influence in our nation.” Not everyone in TFA is going to or is expected to find a career in education, but their exposure to the public education system should...
...course for us, it’s a complicated mission because ideally we wouldn’t exist,” Herman said of Scholars at Risk...