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...said. “They would’ve given me a ring because this is a mom and pop, super-clean operation.”Harvard may have also offered J.P. Licks a preferential lease on the prime real estate. Petryk said his monthly rent was about 20 percent lower than the rent on similar buildings in the Square not owned by the University.James Gray, associate vice president of Harvard Real Estate Services, said that leasing to J.P. Licks was consistent with “a commitment to local businesses that bring a unique and quality product?...
...gesture was not a sarcastic reference to the University’s recently-announced 30 percent drop in endowment value...
...concerns that certain groups, particularly Queer women and bisexuals, were not being adequately represented by the QSA. They called for more female leadership in the organization and for identity-specific breakout meetings. “I come into this room and I see it’s about 80 percent men,” said Emily S. Unger ’13. “I find it off-putting and it’s not that comfortable for me to come to QSA events, which is a problem.” The group also discussed QSA?...
Many improvements, both large and small, can be found on campus these days. Following last year’s recycling efforts, which gave the university a 55 percent recycling rate that put it at the top of the Ivy League, the university is continuing to pursue numerous waste-reduction strategies. New on campus are the new solar-powered Big Belly trash and recycling compactors, which fill up far less quickly than non-compacting receptacles and reduce the incentive to litter that overflowing trash cans often provide. Recycling has also been incorporated at the Fly-By lunch station beneath Annenberg...
...country opposes the construction of radar facilities within its borders. Many feared that the U.S. missile-defense system would destabilize security by provoking Russia, which has long been against the building of the shield, and making the Czech Republic a target for an Iranian first strike. "Seventy percent of people in the Czech Republic will certainly welcome [this decision],"said Social Democratic leader Jiri Paroubek, whose party had opposed the radar, citing recent polls. "I think it will raise the United States' prestige...