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...homelessness by providing aid in the form of generous loans to “people in tough financial circumstances, with no access to loans from banks, and [who] have bad credit history,” says Chou. In addition to offering loans worth one or two months’ rent to people in danger of eviction, according to Chou, HOP also aids those already homeless to get back on their feet by “provid[ing] money to people in homeless shelters for help with housing...

Author: By Mary CATHERINE Brouder, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HipHOP Benefit Provides Proceeds to Boston’s Homeless | 12/10/2004 | See Source »

...Party candidate Laura Ross, who challenged legendary Massachusetts congressman Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill in the 1970’s. After she lost—twice—the newly founded center took over the space, and to this day pays the rent using donations from members. One of its founders, MIT mathematician Dirk Struik, was banned from teaching during what Dodderman calls “the dark years of the McCarthy era.” Struik stayed on at MIT, and “he couldn’t teach but they...

Author: By Nathan J. Heller and Jessica R. Rubin-wills, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Seeing Red | 12/9/2004 | See Source »

...been used by activists and hosted foreign dignitaries, including an ambassador from Haiti and representatives from Cuba. Dodderman says Harvard faculty members and students have taken part in the lecture series and study groups over the years. “We got a really good deal on the rent,” Dodderman says of the space. “We’ve grown up around...

Author: By Nathan J. Heller and Jessica R. Rubin-wills, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Seeing Red | 12/9/2004 | See Source »

Wright, whose organization represents state school chief executives, said that cur-rent measurements of graduation rates assume students will earn their degrees within six years...

Author: By Daniel J. Hemel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Feds May Launch Student Database | 12/7/2004 | See Source »

...prospect of being bedless in Bastogne when he announced late plans to visit the town next week for the 60th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge. With all hotels booked, the local tourist office launched an appeal, eventually finding the Saving Private Ryan star a house to rent. Who says the transatlantic alliance is dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Worldwatch | 12/5/2004 | See Source »

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