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...special event, titled “Frank Kramer—A Celebration” was recently held in his honor. Area residents gathered at the Harvard Book Store to hear local authors speak glowingly of him and his work. Bernays, an author who spoke at the commemoration, says that the event was “remarkable” and praised the now-retired bookseller...
Newark mayor Cory A. Booker spoke about what he sees as the country’s current need to “transform ideals into substantive reality” as he accepted the John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award at the Institute of Politics yesterday evening. Caroline B. Kennedy ’80 presented awards to Booker and Giovanna Negretti, the co-founder and executive director of ¿Oiste?, which encourages Massachusetts Latinos to enter public service. Booker took to the stage with a modest smile and jokes about Stephen Colbert’s recent lampooning...
...Civil Rights bill—scheduled to be considered next spring—which calls for basic rights, such as protection from hate crimes and discrimination in schools and workplaces, for transgendered persons. State representatives Alice K. Wolf and William N. Brownsberger, who sponsored the bill, were present and spoke at the rally. Mason lamented the fact that while Massachusetts is ahead of its peers in gay marriage rights, it is not “doing so well for our transgendered folks.” “We need to fight for full marriage equality but in doing...
...many real-world challenges of the project, Allston has proved to be an excellent hypothetical testing ground for GSD students, said Huyck. The architects-in-training met with a panel of Allston developers to learn how to incorporate community’s needs into their plans. The students also spoke with several undergraduates about House life in the context of a residential system with a distinct philosophy that dates back to President A. Lawrence Lowell, Class of 1877.According to Levi, Lowell conceived of the current housing system in response to the economic stratification in College housing in the early 20th...
...army, take turns ravaging parts of the country. Alan Doss is perhaps the world's foremost expert on peacekeeping. In a lifetime career at the U.N., he ran the peacekeeping operations in Liberia, Cote d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone before being transferred to Congo in October 2007. He spoke to TIME's Africa bureau chief, Alex Perry, by telephone while en route to U.N. headquarters in Geneva and then the U.N. Security Council in New York...