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...were broadcast on the news. One woman spent 10 days in jail for contesting her fine and was eventually pressured to resign from her job. "If someone is caught jaywalking in front of strangers, they don't feel bad," says Yang Yulin, media officer for the Shanghai Civilization Committee (SCC), the government organization behind the crusade. "But if everyone at the office finds out, they learn a lesson...
...stamp out jaywalking, thousands of volunteers have signed up to monitor the city's crosswalks. SCC officials have visited schools and universities to recruit whistleblowers. Public awareness is improving dramatically. The finer legal points-such as how to handle pedestrians caught midstreet when the light changes-are now debated in Internet chatrooms...
...SCC, which also wants to tackle such social evils as littering and spitting, says jaywalking has dropped by half since the campaign began. But some residents are unimpressed. "It's an inhumane abuse of government power," says Shanghai marketing executive Suzzane Zhang. But would she jaywalk herself? "No, never...
...stark contrast to the exams, problem sets and theses that typified the rest of their undergraduate lives, the Class of 2006’s final days were punctuated by baseball, hula hoops and roller-coasters. Courtesy of the 2006 Senior Class Committee (SCC), the soon-to-be latest guard of Harvard graduates was treated to a series of events collectively known as “Senior Week.” The latest edition of this Harvard tradition largely followed the same script as previous years, but according to those that put the events together, the Class of 2006 took Senior...
...Harvard seniors and their friends and families assembled yesterday in the library’s forum room to celebrate the commencement of life outside the gates at the Mid-Year Graduates Recognition Ceremony. Kate E. Delaney ’06, a member of the 2006 Senior Class Committee (SCC), which organized the event in conjunction with the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA), expressed her happiness at being able to celebrate the students’ achievements. “The graduates appreciate it since after they take their finals many of them leave,” she said. Blake S. Walsh...