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...Jones' home suffered $30,000 in damage and has had to have its roof replaced. Parker says the bravery is typical of Jones, who after the storm called his brother in Florida to ask him to deliver ice, steaks and other supplies to the neighborhood. "During normal times, you could not ask for a better neighbor," she says. "But what he got out and did was beyond a good neighbor. We were all amazed and very, very thankful...
...again. They were stunned by the way Bono could move thousands of people at a rock concert to vow to make poverty history. "You always worry for him when he gets up onstage to say these things," says Melinda. "Yeah, [we think] Oh, no, these are normal people here!" says Bill. Bono slept at their house, and the three of them stayed up until 3 a.m. scheming about the G-8 summit and listening to Bono's impressions of Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy...
...notoriously difficult to find volunteers. In recent years, this problem has been partially alleviated by the creation of an e-mail list especially for those who can commit to UNILU during vacation. These volunteers, who are not regular staff members, are drawn from a larger group than the normal staff of Harvard undergraduates. Often, the members of this list are people in the Harvard community or the broader Cambridge community who do not go home during breaks. “A lot of people do it every Christmas and every intersession, people who have been back year after year...
...that funding for student groups and HoCos comes from the College, not the University, he said his office recently allocated $6.5 million toward new student social space in locations including Loker Commons and Lamont Library. “I feel like I have made commitments that go way beyond normal growth,” he said. Former Student Affairs Committee Chair Aaron D. Chadbourne ’06 expressed some frustration with the University’s support of student groups during the question-and-answer period with Summers, but said in an interview after the meeting that the funding...
These people made my past few months as close to a normal semester as I could have hoped. They are the real gems of the Harvard community. In five years, I might not remember everything I learned about French history or Spanish literature, but I will never forget the people I met here. To all of you, I am forever indebted. The situation after Katrina was worrying and confusing at first, and it threw my life plan more than a little off track, but thanks to the amazing generosity and support I have found here I am surely a better...