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...Nepal A Rocky Start for an Infant Democracy A dispute over the integration of former Maoist guerrillas into the country's military has prompted a governmental collapse less than a year after Nepal became a republic. Prime Minister and Maoist leader Prachanda resigned in protest, while demonstrators carrying torches called for the dismissal of the nation's army chief...
Undergraduate student leaders met Friday to discuss a joint reaction to the sweeping budget cuts announced last Monday by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The group agreed on a three-phase protest dubbed “We Are Harvard: Students, Staff, and Faculty for Transparency and Inclusion in Budget Cuts,” which will take place before, during, and after the monthly Faculty meeting this Tuesday.The administration is “still not being transparent,” said Andrea R. Flores ’10, Undergraduate Council president, at the meeting. Other than Flores, Institute of Politics...
Students across campus—generally stunned to hear of the extent of the budget cuts announced last Monday—aired their concerns over Harvard’s numerous e-mail lists, drafted petitions, and organized meetings to protest the planned reductions last week. Whether with talk of the loss of hot breakfast, the reduced shuttle schedule, or the loss of library services at Hilles, House lists exploded last Monday and in the days that followed with student frustration over the cutbacks. “I’m just confused about what happened to the age-old conventional...
...know how they expect us to do this.” According to Harvard spokesman Kevin Galvin, there is ongoing dialogue between the union and the University. Tomorrow, dining hall staff and students plan to rally in Harvard Yard at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. to protest the HUDS job cuts. —Staff writer Liyun Jin can be reached at ljin@fas.harvard.edu...
...Dutch team had threatened to pull out of the competition if the parade was banned, but the team did not qualify for the finals. And the Norwegian winner, Alexander Rybak, patronizingly told a press conference, "I think it's a little bit sad that they chose to have the protest today. They spent all their energy on that parade, while the biggest gay parade in the world [an allusion to the campy performances of the contest] was tonight." (See a recap of Eurovision through the years...