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Dates: during 2000-2009
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More than 150 students and faculty demanded at a rally yesterday that Harvard reverse its recent decision to tighten the standards for sexual assault investigations by the College’s Administrative Board...

Author: By Anne K. Kofol, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rally Protests Sexual Assault Policy Change | 5/17/2002 | See Source »

...impressionable, but not to being hypercredulous simps. His first two tactics for system being, his Vague Generalities and Artful Equivocation, seem to presume the latter, and are only going to convince Crimson-reading graders (there are a few and we tell our friends) that the time has come to tighten the screws just a bit more...

Author: By An ANONYMOUS Grader, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Grader's Reply | 5/15/2002 | See Source »

Last month Kennedy School of Government Dean Joseph S. Nye announced the school’s estimated deficit for Fiscal Year 2002 is now $5.6 million. And many schools have had to tighten their financial belts in recent months...

Author: By Catherine E. Shoichet, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Provost Crunches University Budgets | 5/15/2002 | See Source »

Especially since the Sept. 11 attacks, for which he feared immediate American retaliation, Saddam has taken measures to tighten his protection. The inner circle of guardians, known as al-Himaya, is made up exclusively of close relatives. Says a senior U.S. official: "They're the ones standing with weapons in the background of photos you see of Saddam." The next circle is the Murafiqoun, also related by blood or from unimpeachable families, who are in charge of broader personal and family security and crowd control for Saddam. The outermost circle is the elite SSO, run by son Qusay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Saddam's World | 5/13/2002 | See Source »

With over 90 percent of Harvard undergraduates receiving honors diplomas 2001, there is a clear need to tighten the College’s honors requirements. The Faculty Council took a step in that direction two weeks ago, making a bold recommendation to change the way Harvard awards honors. Its plan would limit honors to 60 percent of students based solely on grade point average after each department recommends honors for its concentrators...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Restoring Honor to Diplomas | 5/13/2002 | See Source »

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