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...heavily publicized information session last week offered free pizza and an explanation of gender neutral housing. The majority of the 15 attendees were affiliated with the Queer Students and Allies (formerly BGLTSA), campus media, and the UC, which co-sponsored the event with the Trans Task Force...

Author: By Samantha L. Connolly and Danielle J. Kolin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Finding a Neutral Zone | 3/3/2009 | See Source »

...creation of a library task force charged with developing recommendations to improve the strength and efficiency of the University’s library system, was announced by Harvard University Provost Steven E. Hyman on Friday. Since John Harvard donated his private collection to the College in 1638, Harvard’s library network has grown organically over a very long period of time, which has led to a high level of decentralization, according to Director of the Harvard University Library Robert Darnton ‘60. The structure of the current library system, which encompasses 75 separate institutions, a vast...

Author: By Emma M. Benintende, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Provost Calls For Improved Libraries | 3/3/2009 | See Source »

...took care of business winning 4-9, 10-8, 9-4, 9-2 to take the consolation bracket and 17th place in the tournament. Junior Captain Johanna Snyder and Freshman Emily Park also competed for the Crimson, falling in the first and second rounds, respectively. Snyder had the unfortunate task of taking on Trinity’s Nour Bahgat, the tournament’s top seed in the first round, and fell 9-0, 9-2, 9-4. Park knocked off Cornell’s Shivangi Paranjpe 3-0 in the opening round, but fell to No. 2 Lange...

Author: By Crimson Sports Staff | Title: SPORTS BRIEF: Young women’s squash team sends four players to round of 16 at CSA Individual Championships. | 3/2/2009 | See Source »

...America's middle class is hurting," said Vice President Joe Biden last month when he announced the formation of a Middle-Class Task Force, which will meet for the first time on Feb. 27. The recession, with its job losses, mortgage defaults and stock-market tumbles, has threatened Americans' ability to make ends meet. "It is our charge to get the middle class - the backbone of this country - up and running again," the Vice President declared, and one could practically hear the cheers emanating from single-family homes with two-car garages. But what exactly is the American middle class...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Middle Class | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

...with inflation, about 21% of middle-class Americans have spent themselves to the limit. Personal bankruptcies rose by a third last year and mortgage defaults - well, they're moving beyond subprime borrowers and hitting those with previously high credit scores. On Feb. 27, Biden and eight members of his task force, including Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Energy Secretary Steven Chu, will meet at the University of Pennsylvania to discuss the rescue of the middle class. Their first task? Creating green jobs. The committee believes that building environmentally friendly homes will help decrease middle-class homeowners' electricity and heating bills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Middle Class | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

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