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Members of the Progressive Student Labor Movement and HRC and a former editor of the conservative Harvard Salient magazine held signs in front of the Science Center and canvassed first-year dorms for the Smith-Chapa campaign this past week...
...personal items, including clothing, letters and photos, from his employer, and there was the possibility that members of the royal family would be called to testify and perhaps even reveal intimate secrets. But it was not to be. Twelve days into the trial, Queen Elizabeth suddenly remembered a salient tidbit of information that dramatically, and conveniently, ended the proceedings. While prosecutors claimed Burrell had unlawfully secreted Diana's possessions away from her family, he maintained she had given him some of the belongings and he was safeguarding the rest. Last week the Queen supported his contention when - eureka! - she recalled...
...newly-formed Concert Commission was not able to organize the event to his satisfaction. Even the council’s general website is defunct; no one has updated it for some time now and the council’s other ad-hoc website is disorganized and provides little salient information for those it serves, the undergraduates...
...According to the Harvard Salient...
Though his research continues, Hill has noticed some salient differences between students or today and those of earlier generations. “It’s a different way of life,” he says. Hill has seen a decline in many of the house traditions and in the leisure time of students, which, he speculates, is a result of randomization in the house system, email and more organized activities. “There’s probably a lot more volunteering going on, which is great,” he conjectures...