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...biggest controversy came in 2005 when the UC’s Campus Life Committee had to cancel Wyclef Jean’s performance because of low ticket sales. In the wake of student protests and a $30,000 loss, the UC passed control of College-wide social event planning to the newly formed College Events Board. Backed by a $200,000 budget from the Dean’s Office, the CEB, in partnership with the Harvard Concert Commission, sponsored a successful Yardfest 2006 headlined by Ben Folds, with an audience of 7,000. Since...
...panel of 13 judges chose the two winning projects—a “for-profit commercial venture” called NaviTOUR and a “not-for-profit social venture” called DigiLit—according to the i3 Web site...
Mackenzie Sigalos ’10 also tackled the issue of accessibility in her team’s winning social venture project DigiLit. She said she was inspired by the non-profit organization One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), which aims to provide inexpensive laptops to children throughout the developing world in order to eliminate poverty through education...
...sentiment behind introducing a question about sexual orientation to the Common Application marks an important shift in the right direction. There is a need for queer students to feel more accepted on college campuses. Many students come from less-than-accepting backgrounds and unfortunately, homosexuality (and the social pressures it engenders) remain correlated with teenage suicide attempts...
...thing for lawful citizens. It simply takes the handcuffs off law enforcement and allows them to do their job. Our legal citizens have a constitutional right to expect protection of federal law against noncitizens. When those laws are not enforced, our citizens are denied equal protection." (Will a biometric Social Security card help the immigration crisis...