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Harvard University Health Services is suggesting that the Harvard community forgo “the traditional handshakes and embraces that accompany graduation ceremonies” in light of a recent uptick in the number of students presenting flu symptoms. Donna Campbell, a UHS nurse practitioner and infection control surveillance officer, said that while there have been no recently-confirmed H1N1—“swine flu”—cases at Harvard, “you make a presumptive diagnosis based on symptoms.” She said she could not give a precise number...
...present, data from the College’s Student Employment Office indicates that between 65 and 80 percent of students received at least one paycheck from the University or an off-campus work-study job last year...
...near future.Procedures regarding representation in Ad Board cases, the size of hearings, and the threshold for punishment, are often decried by students as either opaque or overly harsh. But Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds indicated that policy in these areas will be reworked in her presentation at this year’s final meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Other issues, such as the question of whether students will play a role in the disciplinary process, are still up in the air. The changes come after a year-long review process of the disciplinary body...
...Harvard College is only one part of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, but the impact of the present financial crisis on the whole of FAS and, in turn, on Harvard College and the House system presents a serious challenge to the Harvard community...
...present age, we have experienced again the consequences of unchecked, one-party dominance. From 2001-2007, Republicans controlled both Houses of Congress and the White House. At the height of its power, following the 2004 elections, Republicans had a 55-seat Senate majority and a 232-seat House majority. Some party leaders got carried away and pursued policies that grew their own power at the expense of American taxpayers. Their unlimited power led to runaway spending, an explosion in obscenely wasteful and parochial earmarks, a lack of transparency, and once again corruption that sent several members of Congress to court...