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...empowers the overstretched Czar with real control of all social programming. A case in point: The CEB is not allowed to enter into any contracts surrounding campus events or even have much to do with their scheduling. In years past, they have been told simply that certain events must occur each year, left only to devise the frilly details of the gatherings. The iron fist of social programming is entrusted only to recent Harvard undergraduates, as the administration feels that only a former Harvard student could navigate the complex social and administrative bureaucracies on campus. This “Harvard...
...with bean bags and two large target boxes with holes. I am not making this up.) are outdoor events that make up what is better known as a tailgate. For Harvard games though, due to a combination of cold weather and student lameness, the only real tailgating activities that occur outside the stadium will be run by crusty alumni and friends. It may be worth trying to mooch some nice booze and grub off of these reminiscing middle-aged men, but your best bet is probably hosting or attending a pregame in someone’s suite on campus. This...
...shift in the timeline also means that the final vote will occur in April 2010, after a new school committee is elected...
...have the necessary “fear,” or the common sense, to recognize the dangerous situation in which he placed himself and Munadi. Farrell and Munadi’s kidnapping was the second kidnapping of a New York Times reporter in one year. Such kidnappings usually occur in outlying provinces such as Kunduz (although kidnappings in and around Kabul do occur). Also, the Taliban often kidnap for ideological reasons, valuing Western journalists, whereas criminals might target wealthy businessmen. The situation in Afghanistan, and increasingly in the north, is becoming extremely unstable. In August, the number of coalition...
...17th Congress, which just concluded in Beijing, fits the bill perfectly. In fact, the Plenum, the Party's biggest annual meeting at which major policy and personnel decisions are made, is being compared to the Sherlock Homes storyline in which the most significant clue is something that did not occur - the guard dog that didn't bark on the night of the murder. At the characteristically secretive Plenum, the equivalent clue into the mystery of who will be China's next leader was the fact that Xi Jinping, the man widely touted as the most likely successor to President...