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...Undergraduate Council renewed its push for a new grants program proposed last semester that would fund upperclassman social events—and limited alcohol purchases??but its efforts have been stalled by the College administration...
Amidst a weakened dollar—which drove up the cost of foreign purchases??and skyrocketingcosts across the board, and a stagnant unrestricted budget, the Harvard College Library’s operating budget has “effectively” decreased over the past decade, according to Classics Professor Richard F. Thomas...
...first to hold the post of executive vice president at Harvard, Forst said that he sought to improve the cost-effectiveness of the University’s operations by consolidating functions—such as office supply purchases??that have traditionally been handled separately at each of Harvard’s schools...
...thus far overreaches; to impinge upon student groups and House life for the sake of the Party Fund is unfair.To illustrate, the College’s new policy requiring receipts for disbursement—meant to crack down on students and groups illegally using grant money to fund alcoholic purchases??essentially terminates the UC’s up-front grant program, without which many student groups cannot survive. Student groups with high fixed costs and uncertain and delayed revenues (particularly arts groups and publications) rely heavily on the UC to provide cash before an event takes place. Without...
...buster discounts like other stores. Black Friday, a decades-long tradition named as such because retailers move into the black and start earning a profit, has become one of the busiest shopping days of the year in recent years. On Friday, Americans nation-wide doled out $8.96 billion on purchases??a six percent increase from the same day last year, according to Chicago-based consumer data collection firm ShopperTrak. Yet some view the consumption frenzy encouraged by Black Friday sales as problematic. Lama Surya Das, a Buddhist leader who heads the Dzogchen Center in Cambridge, views after-Thanksgiving...