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...captain Elizabeth Blotky, provided consistently tough and steady play throughout the match. "Alex was solid back there," junior co-captain Sarah Cebron said, "[and she] really helped the team out tonight." With Michael’s steady play in place, sophomores Laura Mahon and Suzie Trimble were able to slam away kill after kill. Mahon and Trimble combined for 20 kills, and their hitting percentages were a whopping .400 and .409, respectively. "[Laura] was the most consistent player on our team last year—it’s good to have her back," Blotky said. "And [Suzie...

Author: By Walter E. Howell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Snaps Losing Streak Against Sacred Heart | 10/2/2005 | See Source »

...Slam poetry might be better, I suppose, but I hate it, so let’s stick to this. Abraham...

Author: By Henry M. Cowles and Abe Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Sally Forth, Young Men | 9/30/2005 | See Source »

...SLAM evolved from the now-defunct Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM), an activist organization that staged a three week sit-in of Mass. Hall in 2002 and demanded wage increases and benefits for the University’s service employees. The event drew national headlines and prompted the University to review its labor policies...

Author: By Adrian J. Smith, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Workers Seek Living Wage | 9/29/2005 | See Source »

Currently, Harvard janitors make $12.85 an hour for their first three years, according to a SLAM pamphlet, and only 49 percent of janitors work full-time. At Boston University, the pamphlet said, janitors make $17.23 an hour...

Author: By Adrian J. Smith, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Workers Seek Living Wage | 9/29/2005 | See Source »

Last night, SLAM called on Harvard to give its janitors $20 per hour with benefits, an amount that amounts, SLAM pamphlets say, to a living wage in the Boston area. It also urged the University to increase the opportunities for full-time work, to honor the workers’ right to unionize, and to cease outsourcing service work immediately...

Author: By Adrian J. Smith, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Workers Seek Living Wage | 9/29/2005 | See Source »

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