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...Khazei campaign, despite gaining the support of only four percent of respondents in the recent poll, which claimed an error margin of five percent, also expressed optimism yesterday about the former Currier House Committee chairman’s spot in the race. Citing the fact that 26 percent of individuals in the poll identified themselves as undecided, Dave Jacobson, the press liaison for the Khazei campaign, noted that “the only poll that matters is the poll on Election...

Author: By Andrew Z. Lorey, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Alumni Lag In Senate Seat Polls | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

Mass. Congressman Michael E. Capuano, who had garnered 13 percent of the state’s support according to the poll, could not be reached for comment yesterday...

Author: By Andrew Z. Lorey, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Alumni Lag In Senate Seat Polls | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

This past Monday, a mere 11 days after the application deadline, the College officially granted J-term housing to 1,316 out of the 1,404 undergraduates who applied—yielding a surprisingly high acceptance rate of 93 percent. Given the College’s ambiguous pre-deadline statements as to how many applicants it would allow to stay on campus and which student needs would actually translate into dormitory swipe access, the decision to permit almost all J-term applicants to stay at Harvard in January is both encouraging and commendable...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: J-Term Housing: The Happy Truth | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

...January in Harvard housing. We appreciate the flexibility of the College’s ultimate decision to admit more students who demonstrated legitimate needs (though the actual number on campus will never dramatically exceed 1,000 due to students’ different schedules). And, by any standard, the 93 percent of applicants accepted—which included students ranging from thesis writers to athletes to members of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals—is an impressive number to accommodate...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: J-Term Housing: The Happy Truth | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

...posted a 38 percent increase in unrestricted gift receipts available for immediate use—from $24 million to $33 million—over the past fiscal year ending June...

Author: By Athena Y. Jiang and June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Harvard To Seek Flexible Funding | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

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