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This year’s Winter Games have special meaning for Botterill as they take place in her home country of Canada. Though winning three Olympic medals would be any athlete’s dream, representing one’s country on home turf is particularly significant??and so far the extra pressure has paid off, with the Canadian women’s hockey team winning three decisive victories against Slovakia, Switzerland, and Sweden this past week...
...Tuesday that they had joined the inaugural group of undergraduates to be awarded David Rockefeller International Experience grants. The grants, administered though the Office of International Programs, are the fruit of a $100 million donation from David Rockefeller ’36, made specifically to fund “significant?? international projects. The determination of significance is a task left by the University to the OIP, which assesses how well student proposals adhere to standards for cultural immersion, faculty consultation, and curricular integration. According to Erin E. Goodman, the assistant director...
...environmental concerns. In 2007, Harvard discovered that there were dry-cleaning solvents emanating from Crimson Cleaners, another business in the Bence complex, according to Mary Power, senior director of community communications at Harvard. The results of extensive studies by the University showed that the solvents had “significant?? effects on the environment. In response, Harvard started to terminate its leases with various businesses in the building, most recently Three Aces Pizzeria. Negotiations have now begun to end the lease of Central Barber Shop, currently the only store that remains in the Bence complex...
...that,” Megan says. “We all are.”TO BE OR NOT TO BEIn addition to free tickets to Boston museums and a Broadway production of “Hair” later this semester, Faust plans to commit “significant?? funds to expand the OFA’s Artist Development Fellowship program.It is unclear at this point how much money will be allocated for the program’s expansion this year, Megan says, adding that the office’s overall budget will see significant cuts.The fledging...
...current economic meltdown. Moss said he conducted research on behalf of the Troubled Asset Relief Program Congressional Oversight Panel, which was composing a statement on regulatory reform. The panel’s report drew on Moss’ work to promote insuring and overseeing “systematically significant?? financial institutions. Moss suggests that New Deal regulations were effective, but that their success created complacency. “Many took for granted the remarkable stability that had been achieved,” he said in an interview. “From there, it was easy to accept...