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...allow Harvard administrators to monitor students’ files “smacks of being Big Brother.” Berman also suggested that universities follow the example of some institutions that have “used purely technological approaches to fight piracy, such as restricting the operation of peer-to-peer applications” that allow students to download files illegally. Levine said he also opposed this option, noting that many peer-to-peer applications were difficult to find because they often encrypt their traffic. And some peer-to-peer programs, he added, are used...
Several Harvard parties this weekend featured more than the standard kegs, thanks in part to the debut of Drug and Alcohol Peer Advisor (DAPA) party grants. Ranging from $50 to $100, the grants funded food and nonalcoholic beverages to be served at social events. The idea is to give students more options at parties and encourage safe drinking during “high-risk times,” according to DAPA Talya J. Brettler ’08. At least one DAPA-sponsored party this weekend was funded by the Undergraduate Council (UC), as well. Unlike the UC party grants...
...past, there was no way to distinguish underage students,” he said. But Harvard’s efforts extend past the high-risk environment of the annual Yale showdown. A little over a year ago, Travia created Harvard’s Drug and Alcohol Peer Advisor (DAPA) program. And DAPA’s new party-grant system, which begins this weekend, funds food and non-alcoholic beverages at parties. The system helps foster creative social options that don’t necessarily revolve around alcohol, said DAPA Talya J. Brettler ’08. Harvard has also engaged...
...Curricular Review, the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative, undergraduate attention, and expansion into Allston, Gross highlighted the changes the College has undergone in the time since current juniors matriculated as freshmen. These changes include the development of secondary fields, the delay in concentration choice, and the creation of a peer-advising program and student spaces such as the Lamont Library Café, the Harvard College Women’s Center, the Student Organization Center at Hilles, and the soon-to-open Cambridge Queen’s Head Pub. “This has been a period, while your children have been...
...sponsor of the bill. Ragalie said there were plans for UC representatives to meet separately with the club sports office and the financial aid office this week to discuss the legislation. Harvard club sports are currently funded at a rate below that of peer institutions such as Dartmouth and Princeton, according to statistics cited in the UC legislation. —Staff writer Christian B. Flow can be reached at cflow@fas.harvard.edu...