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...perceived as “hard working, salt of the earth, a core part of our culture.” Perhaps this sentiment, combined with the political clout of farming states like Iowa and the $80 million big agriculture poured into lobbying last year, explains why congressional attempts at reform have been slow in coming, and met with considerable resistance. Just recently, a group representing the American Farm Bureau Federation has been brining in farmers from Iowa to Washington, promising to give policymakers “a dose of in-your-face reality...
...question of whether to allow internship recruiting during J-term was raised, with opponents calling for a vacation free from the stress of classes and competing for jobs, and supporters citing an increased advantage of allowing Harvard students to have more time with recruiters. Harris is planning calendar reform with Donald H. Pfister, an organismic and evolutionary biology professor who is also chairing the Ad Board Review Committee. Although a feasibility study on calendar reform won’t come out until at least September, Harris stressed the continued importance of student input in the process. The methods for such...
...Shortly before Hagee's tour, American Rabbi Eric Yoffie from the liberal Reform Jewish Movement denounced the friendship between Israel and Christian Evangelicals, not only because Hagee and his like-minded brethren reject the two-state solution (with East Jerusalem as capital of a future Palestinian state) but because they are often at odds with liberal Jews in the U.S. over such incendiary topics as abortion and gay rights...
...hosting open meetings would all be a good start. The committee should also hold meetings with students who have the experience of having cases heard by the Ad Board. We may never know how the Ad Board decides its cases, but we should at least know how the reform committee conducts its review...
...Those of us who believe the Ad Board has much room for improvement just want to make sure this reform committee gets the whole truth and nothing but the truth. After all, Harvard’s motto is Veritas...