Word: stillings
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Though the jury is still out on what exactly the merger will mean for Radcliffe itself and for Harvard as a whole, it appears as if the union has already spawned one unfortunate and unforeseeable consequence. In its formative stages, the Ann Radcliffe Trust seems to have taken to incorporating one of the University's worst attributes--a love for the cloak of secrecy...
This is not to say that these individuals will not do a good job on the committee. Many of the students might be extremely experienced or otherwise qualified for the position. Still, the fact that there has been no open application process for the positions, nor any real disclosure about how exactly the Trust will be run, is deeply troubling. Will these handpicked student representatives be voting members of the committee with equal status to the other members? Who will preside over the committee? What kind of criteria will they employ for dispensing funds...
...understand that the answers to some of these questions might be several months in coming. As with any new organization, there are probably many procedural details that still need to be straightened out. And we are encouraged that Harvard is interested enough in undergraduate input to appoint students to the Trust committee in the first place...
...finalized state budget, House Speaker Thomas M. Finneran (D-Mattapan) and Senate President Thomas F. Birmingham '72 (D-Boston) inserted language that would have gutted this proposal, according to proponents of the law. The changes would have allowed incumbents to raise huge amounts of money while in office and still be able to qualify for public funds in the last six months before an election...
...acts up we should drug him. "This is not just handing out Ritalin or Adderol," says TIME science writer Christine Gorman. "The medication needs to be monitored, and other studies show that medications are effective only when combined with some form of psychotherapy." So a pill alone still won't make your kid into a straight-A student - but it can help...