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...tens of millions of dollars on laboratory renovations, while the Faculty of Arts and Sciences still has $143 million to cut from its budget over the next two years.Matthew Meselson, a distinguished MCB professor who has been in the Fairchild building for more than 30 years, took the podium at the last Faculty meeting of the year to ask administrators to reallocate the funds reserved for the renovations, which he said were estimated to cost at least $50 or $60 million. He added that such a move could help avoid some of the most damaging cuts looming over FAS.But University...
...Class Day, saying it was “designed by the students, for the students.” Perry also introduced Rajan’s speech, noting that he was selected from more than 25 applicants who presented their speeches in two rounds of competition. When Rajan took the podium, he began with a series of jokes, but his remarks quickly grew more serious. Rajan emphasized the ways in which many have lost faith in the business community due to the financial crisis. He added that despite this, students could use their knowledge and experience to help improve the world...
...said Olivier J. Metzger, a master of laws candidate. But many graduates said they were happy to see Kagan take part in the ceremonies marking their last days as Law School students. Juelle J. Gomes, who will receive a J.D., called the sight of Kagan behind the podium a “nostalgic” moment. “She was such a presence around the Law School and really did so much to enrich student life,” Gomes said. “They couldn’t have picked a better speaker...
...China in the Light of Her Development" to the students of the venerable English university, Jahnke started blowing a whistle and shouting, asking how the university could "prostitute itself" by letting a "dictator" speak. As university staff moved to evict him, Jahnke threw one of this shoes toward the podium, missing the Premier by three feet, before following officials and police out of the auditorium without resistance. (See pictures of the shoe-throwing incident in Iraq...
...Jahnke hadn't meant to hurt anybody with the shoe, he told the court. By throwing it at the podium, he had simply wanted to make an "iconic protest" against China's human-rights abuses. He was inspired, he said, by journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi - known as the Iraqi shoe thrower - who took aim at U.S. President George W. Bush in Baghdad in December 2008. Al-Zaidi was imprisoned for three years, though his sentence was recently reduced to one year. Shoe-throwing has since become a universally recognized gesture of defiance against a "regime that is not accountable...