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...Among that list, Jackson, Manning, and Minow have risen to the top. Wilkins may also be a top candidate, but opinions among the faculty vary about whether he should be included on the list of most likely candidates. Faculty members were, however, in near unanimity in naming Jackson, Manning, and Minow as frontrunners...
...supposed to relieve some of the debt—namely, a large, multi-billion dollar capital campaign—never materialized, derailed by tumult over Summers’ presidency and the administrative turnover that followed his forced departure in 2006.But even with Faust solidly entrenched in Mass. Hall nearly two years after her installation, heavy debt financing appears likely to persist for some time.According to Shore, University development officers typically report difficulty raising money for bricks and mortar, versus programmatic elements. And Vice President for Alumni Affairs and Development Tamara E. Rogers suggested in a recent interview that she intends...
Harvard College’s Administrative Board, often seen as a monolithic, stolid body, may see revisions to its policies and proceedings in the near future.Procedures regarding representation in Ad Board cases, the size of hearings, and the threshold for punishment, are often decried by students as either opaque or overly harsh. But Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds indicated that policy in these areas will be reworked in her presentation at this year’s final meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Other issues, such as the question of whether students will play a role...
...danger for our country is that with complete one-party dominance, much damage will be done before the next electoral self-correction. As Democrats near 60 votes in the Senate, their majority will have a blank check to pass any legislation they want. Historically, the final check against one-party control has been the Senate minority party’s ability to mount a filibuster. With only 40 Senate Republicans that tool is lost, leaving Democrats with no need to check their extremes—anything goes...
...scale that even the Israel Defense Forces admitted was indefensible. In Gaza today, there is no private sector to speak of and no industry. 80 percent of Gaza’s agricultural crops were destroyed and Israel continues to snipe at farmers attempting to plant and tend fields near the well-fenced and patrolled border. Most productive activity has been extinguished...