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...accustomed to abundance. Yet these cuts are also probably highly prudent and necessary, though it is difficult to be sure, since the university’s true financial picture remains cloudy. The decision made earlier this semester to reduce annual FAS departmental budgets and annual House budgets by 15 percent was a difficult concession, but likely sensible in the current environment. The recent announcement, however, that each of Harvard’s 12 Houses will be required to cut spending by an additional 10 percent—25 percent in full—is especially regrettable, considering the vital role...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: A Quarter Gone | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

...House is more than just a building in which she sleeps and eats. The Houses are vibrant intellectual and social communities, and it is concerning to see that they will now have fewer resources with which to enrich a student’s Harvard experience. A 25-percent drop in House spending will have a negative impact on both quality of life and on advising resources within the House—cuts that will go well beyond the loss of luxuries like free refreshments provided at masters’ open houses and study breaks. House masters have said that tutor...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: A Quarter Gone | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

...midst of such a dire financial situation, it is understandable that cuts need to be made, and a 25-percent cut is not likely to disappear anytime soon. In dealing with these cuts, the Houses should do what they can to ensure that the personal infrastructure of the House—specifically the continued presence of tutors and important House administrators—survive such a drastic budget reduction. Extras such as food for House events should be eliminated long before actual academic and administrative positions that play such a central role in the Harvard experience start to be considered...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: A Quarter Gone | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

Howe also added that “a big focus of the event” will be to highlight some of Harvard’s efforts to promote sustainability—in July 2008, University President Drew G. Faust committed Harvard to reducing greenhouse gas emissions 30 percent below 2006 levels...

Author: By Eric W. Baum, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Campus Events Honor Earth Day | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

...About 80 percent of the stimulus plan, which was announced in February, has been allotted for education. The funds that Cambridge will receive come from two sources: the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, which supports special education initiatives, and Title I, the portion of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act that addresses the needs of disadvantaged students...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman and Michelle L. Quach, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: School Stimulus Package Announced | 4/22/2009 | See Source »

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