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...appointment - Myron Ebell, director of energy and global-warming policy at the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute, called it a "most unfortunate decision" - but Browner's steel backbone will be needed to corral the many federal departments involved in climate-change action. "I think [the appointment] is a really good thing, because it really signals that this issue will be high on the list for the incoming Administration," says Claussen...
...first time the Institute of Politics, the College Democrats, and the UC have been led by a woman,” said Daniel V. Kroop ’10, Flores’ campaign manager. Others said that Flores’ gender was not the most exciting thing about her appointment. “Andrea is the Barack Obama to my Al Sharpton,” said Frances I. Martel ’09, a former UC presidential candidate who who is also Latina. “I knew that one day one of our kind would assume the highest office...
...said she hopes Harvard will employ its resources to protect current staff members—even if it requires reshuffling positions. “People choose to work at Harvard for many reasons. The greatest reason is definitely not money,” Ochs said. “One thing we do count on is job security.” “When the specter of layoffs is in the horizon, you think, ‘How indispensable am I, really?’” said Gustavo Espada, a financial coordinator for the East Asian languages department...
...Harvard Business School a shabby affair. Last year’s shindig featured holiday decor anchored by a reindeer ice sculpture, according to Elizabeth Sweeny, a faculty assistant at the Business School.“I remember thinking initially, that’s like a pretty plastic thing, and oh, wait, no, actually, that’s made of ice,” Sweeny laughed, recalling the moment when she realized that plastic would not be melting under the lights.Even with the financial crisis growing hotter, a reappearance for the reindeer does not appear to be out of the question...
...People that go generally know everything [about the companies] already, just people who want that little extra thing in their application,” Mercado says...