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...Turnpike’s decision last month to accept Harvard’s $75-million bid for the land sparked a flurry of angry letters from state and local officials??including Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino and state transportation secretary Daniel Grabauskas—who worried that if the Turnpike sold the land to a private organization the city would lose the land’s railyard, a crucial transportation link...
...Single Fact Finder” (SFF) for Ad Board investigations is a step in the right direction. But while there is inherent value in consolidating the investigation process—so that survivors don’t have to painfully retell their accounts to various officials??any successful SFF must be completely separate from the University’s administration. Under the current Ad Board set up, each student’s adviser in the discipline board is that student’s senior tutor. But students may feel uncomfortable confiding in the same officials who are responsible...
...said ACID representatives met recently with University officials??including Vice President of Government, Community and Public Affairs Alan J. Stone—and that both sides were prepared to work together on a compromise...
...years, the percentage of children and adolescents in the U.S. who are considered clinically obese has doubled. The situation has reached epidemic proportions; as a result, nutrition programs in schools promise to remain a critical public health concern for decades. In light of these circumstances, several organizations and health officials??including Walter Willett, chair of the Department of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health—have recently begun lobbying state legislators and educators to end contracts with soft drink companies, which provide sellers exclusive rights to market their products in schools. But sadly, the problem...
While it is only fair that the municipalities share some of the burden of these trying economic times, Romney’s lack of consultation with local elected officials on how to best structure these cuts is distressing. While he has clearly built trust with other Massachusetts officials??both the Senate and House of Representatives voted to grant him extended budget-cutting powers during the crunch—the governor will need to work more closely with both federal and local leaders...