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Unlike the current search—in which search committee members have traveled coast-to-coast to solicit alumni opinion, consulted with student and faculty advisory committees, and cast a wide net for candidates—the process of appointing Lowell “was just a formality,” according to Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes, who teaches Religion 1513, “History of Harvard and Its Presidents...
University officials made the nascent plans public at Monday’s meeting with Allston residents to solicit community opinion...
...date raffle decorate boxes for themselves and harass their friends to fill them with tickets, all to raise money for a good cause. This year, proceeds will go to the Boston Shriners Hospital for Children, a facility that provides comprehensive care for young burn victims. HoCo social chairs solicit donations from local businesses as prizes for the contestants. The participant with the fullest box gets to pick first, then the other contestants draw for leftovers. “Everyone gets a prize,” says Eliot House Social Co-Chair Ashley A. Zalta...
...committee. The church says it was just a courtesy call, one of many such meetings Holland holds. But the Globe also described e-mails from two administrators of the business school at Brigham Young University, the Mormon school that is Romney's alma mater, who used office computers to solicit support for the campaign. The two were told by B.Y.U.'s counsel to knock it off, although Romney later said it made sense to raise money from people he knows, including alumni...
Legally, ride-sharing services avoid the regulations that govern for-hire businesses like taxicabs by forbidding drivers to solicit requests for passengers. If the business grows--and if there are some high-profile incidents--that could change. "It's a gray area," says Paul Angenend, an attorney specializing in transportation law. "If you ride-share 20 times a month, then you're in the for-hire business...