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News that Fox's breakout hit Glee would go on hiatus after Dec. 9 hit viewers hard. Fans - or "Gleeks" in show parlance - flooded the Twittersphere with support for the sitcom, which follows a bunch of lovable misfits who find in their high school glee club both a home and ample opportunities to reprise mega-songs from stars like Madonna and Neil Diamond. Many Gleeks started sharing an online petition opposing the planned four-month interregnum. "I rearranged all of my classes so that I can watch Glee," writes distraught signatory Lisa Wright, a college freshman in Illinois...
...Holy Cross College graduate and bestselling author expressed his support for the national health plan, and also commented on the implications of the “Stupak Amendment” to the national healthcare bill, which prohibits the use of Federal funds “to pay for any abortion or to cover any part of the costs of any health plan that includes coverage of abortion...
Social entrepreneur Alan A. Khazei ’83, who co-founded the public service organization City Year and has actively sought student support, came in third with 13 percent of the vote. Stephen G. Pagliuca—a graduate of Harvard Business School and currently a co-owner of the Boston Celtics—finished last with roughly 12 percent...
Despite the busier weeks leading up to winter break this year due to the new academic calendar, administrators are encouraging students and faculty to shop in Harvard Square for their holiday needs as part of an effort to support local businesses through a tough economy and to meet the University’s sustainability goals...
...IAEA) in Vienna on Nov. 27. This was the third time India had voted for a similar resolution, and India didn't want to jeopardize its own safeguards agreement with the IAEA, but the Indian Foreign Ministry issued a statement clarifying that its vote shouldn't be read as support for new sanctions: "India firmly supports keeping the door open for dialogue and avoidance of confrontation." This isn't just diplomatic bet-hedging; it's a mirror of India's sharpening picture of itself as a superpower, one that will interact with other countries on its own terms. (See TIME...