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...fundraiser was primarily aimed at attracting college students and mobilizing a grassroots campaign. Students were able to purchase tickets for the senator’s New England kickoff for just $23, though participants could contribute as much as $2300. Members of Obama’s campaign stood at the entrances with sign-up sheets encouraging students to volunteer in New Hampshire. More than 175 students from Harvard attended, according to Nathaniel J. Lubin ’09, a coordinator of Harvard Students for Barack Obama. But the event also drew large crowds from Boston University, Boston College, Northeastern University...
Students have frequently stood with Harvard’s workers, and this student-worker solidarity has been tremendously effective. We can use our unique position to send a clear message to Harvard: Students care about the way that workers are treated. We need to continue to demonstrate to the administration that the guards that keep us safe and with whom we interact daily are just as much a part of our community as our deans and professors, and we will not allow their demands for a better workplace to go ignored. As a university, Harvard can choose...
...interview component, it took three tries to establish a good connection via satellite phone. Iraq’s first democratic elections would be held shortly, and the military stood on edge as officials predicted that horrific violence would soon erupt...
...colors arrived in the Coliseum and the crowd stood and went silent. When the flags arrived at the back of the arena, the crowd sat. Very distraught relatives of the dead were brought to random open seats around the auditorium. They were not fancy people. Some were in jeans, some in sunglasses; the kids carried backpacks. Most of the grieving families consisted of multiple generations: parents, siblings and grandparents. One very sad couple, fighting back tears, arrived alone and was shown to their seats. There was the uniform clatter of seats as Bush came in and the crowd stood...
...When the president of the university stood to talk he received a standing ovation. He said, "Words are weak symbols of our feelings at times like this." Governor Tim Kaine spoke effectively. When he said nothing could make up for losing a son or daughter, the wife of the lonely couple broke down quietly again. Kaine introduced Bush as a man who knows that one of his jobs is to provide comfort in times of crisis. And the President took the podium...