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...garbage left on the sidewalk by a grocery store or restaurant. Getting rid of that rat population would require collaboration between the three city agencies that govern the subway, the park and the sidewalks - an endeavor that has gotten easier since the mayor's office set up the Rodent Task Force, which meets weekly to coordinate work...
Between rigorous concentration requirements and highly demanding classes, balancing the general demands placed onto a Harvard student can prove to be a daunting task. Add morning lift, afternoon practice, film review and weekly games to the mix, and one starts to wonder whether there is enough time to eat three meals a day and still get more than four hours of sleep...
...place where young adults gather to study basic political and organizational skills—added, “We have to learn to move from a politics of disappointment to a politics of hope.” Paulette Aniskoff, currently the national deputy director of the Post-Election Task Force in Chicago, talked about how Obama will keep organizers and staff in communities nationwide to continue promoting the community activism that developed during the election. “There’s so much energy that’s ready to still do more,” she said...
...alternative currencies say they are a means of empowerment for those languishing on the margins of fiscal life, granting economic agency to people like the elderly, the disabled or the underemployed, who have little opportunity to earn money. For example, in some systems one can "bank" Time Dollars for tasks like child care and changing motor oil. It's not whether you're employed or what financial assets you have that matter, says Les Squires, a consultant on social-networking software who has been working with groups developing alternative currencies. Each person has "value" that is "exchangeable" on the basis...
...report released last Wednesday by the University-wide Task Force on the Arts highlighted the fact that the arts should be a fundamental element of Harvard’s educational aim. Established in the fall of last year, the Task Force on the Arts emphasized a greater engagement with the practice of art as well as the scholarly appreciation of it. While its ambitions may be economically constrained by university budget cuts and losses, we praise the report's affirmation of the arts, and hope that some short-term proposals are achieved without great delay. Harvard’s endowment...