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Over 160 nations worldwide, 319 cities across the country, and 132 colleges in the Northeast alone have committed to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Recently, Yale joined these ranks by setting a target to reduce emissions to 10 percent below 1990 levels by 2020. Harvard once showed promise as an emerging global leader on environmental issues, but the notable absence of a commitment from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has allowed our archrival to move one step ahead...
...real and lasting impact. In addition, University administrators have sent signals that there is a real possibility that students could achieve the commitment they are looking for and induce FAS to commit in turn. There are rumblings of discontent within FAS at the prospect of setting an emissions target, but when students speak with one voice it becomes difficult to say no. A referendum is the most effective way to give students a voice. Even if it is an uphill battle, the cause is so critically important that we cannot give...
...clear objective in mind as he continues his streak at the Stadium.“I have to go six years at five games a season in order to hit 400,” he said. “That’s my target.”And what does this sage of Crimson football history have in mind for his 62nd Game?“I think we can beat them, but we can’t make any mistakes,” he says. “I would say maybe 28-21, maybe 28-24, [because...
...often after being largely ignored by national Democratic strategists. In the House, they include Kentucky's John Yarmuth (who supports universal health care and affirmative action), New Hampshire's Carol Shea-Porter (she was once escorted out of a Bush event for wearing an anti-Bush t-shirt) and ' target='_blank'>Dave Loebsack (an anti-war liberal academic) in Iowa. The same is true of the Senate, where the new Democratic members include Vermont's Bernie Sanders, a socialist...
...Life is a blog about religious life started this summer by Julie Viera, a 36-year-old nun. Loyal readers include many fellow nuns and discerning young adults, but Viera's target audience are non-religious people who want to learn what it's really like to be a nun in the 21st century...