Word: summer
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...steps into the position at a tumultuous time for Harvard's finances, which have been hit by a dramatic decline in endowment value and the departure this summer of two key financial administrators, including Lapp's predecessor Edward C. Forst '82, who left Aug. 1 after less than a year at Harvard...
...don’ts you should be aware of. If you’re a freshman guy, do take advantage of the Delphic’s relatively lenient door policies. (But unless it’s garden party season—May—or summer, don’t go to the Delphic before 1 a.m and do not stay past 3.) If you don’t get in, don’t say The Crimson told you that you would. If you’re on a sports team, you’ll probably get into...
...take-your-customer-service-and-shove-it attitude. Oh, are only four of the five people in your party here? We can’t seat you until the fifth arrives. What’s that you say about it being lunchtime on a Wednesday in the summer, and the restaurant being less than a quarter full? Next in line, please...
...students arrived on campus last September, classes, organizations, clubs and societies alike seemed to hit the ground running—that is, all except for the Undergraduate Council, whose flawed election schedule leaves students virtually without representation during the summer and the first month back in Cambridge. Instead of the president and vice president shouldering the burden alone—leading to logistical difficulties and stalling progress on ongoing projects—the UC should continue to meet with the same representatives as the year before, until elections determine a changing of the guard in October...
...until their grant applications can be approved or denied. Similarly, student issues do not disappear from one year to the next, nor do they lack import during the first weeks of the year. While the UC president and vice president have a history of remaining on campus throughout the summer to maintain project momentum—often with great success—functionally dissolving the UC in May leaves them alone to represent an entire student body until elections in October. No matter the prowess of the president and vice president, no two individuals can possibly hear and effectively address...