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Members of the Cambridge Public School Committee raised concerns last night about the latest revisions to the district’s policies on drug, alcohol, and other substance abuse, which represent an ongoing effort to update and clarify student-focused protocols. The review began last term after the school district began to publish its policies online. Committee member Patricia M. Nolan ’80 explained that the review process has helped shed light on outdated aspects of the regulations. “When you clean it up you realize there is some messiness,” she said...
...through the downturn completely unscathed. Faust added that resources are being allocated to cope with the situation. “This University has survived revolutions, [a] civil war, downturns, and depressions, for more than 370 years, and our endowment enables us to pursue our ambitions over the long term with great consistency,” Faust said. “But the world is enveloped in a serious financial crisis, and we are not an exception.” Speaking from her seat at the head of the Faculty Room, flanked by the deans of the College, the Graduate School...
Turnout aside, University Health Services’ Interim Director of Wellness and Health Promotion Jeanne M. Mahon, who also advises CHI, said this week’s competition could have long-term benefits...
...gone before the Finance Commitee (FiCom). UC Treasurer Anthony R. Britt ’10 said the UC’s overall budget increased by 11 percent this year. Britt said the increase could be attributed to fewer students opting out of the Student Activities Fee on their term bills. Last year, 12.3 percent of undergraduates opted out of the annual $75 fee compared to 6.5 percent from this year, according to Britt. A lower rate of opt-out may be due to changes by the Student Activities Office for the opt-out procedure, FiCom Chair Andrea R. Flores...
Those kinds of victories are far more likely in the near term than any kind of wholesale reversal of fortune at the ballot boxes, says Kristina Wilfore, executive director of the Washington-based Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, an advocacy organization that specializes in using ballot initiatives to further liberal causes. Wilfore says her group picks its battles in fighting anti-gay-marriage amendments largely because most votes aren't even close. "We would never bring gay marriage up before the voters," she says. "This is [our opponents'] strategy." She admits they've been terribly good...