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Following the trend of recent years, company proxy proposals addressing environmental policy topped the Harvard Corporation’s voting docket, according to an annual report released today. Harvard’s two-member Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (CCSR) reviewed 126 proxy proposals, voting on 96 while abstaining on the other 30. After reviewing the proxy proposals, a 12-member Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (ACSR)—which is composed of students, faculty, and alumni—decides which proxies it will take a stance on. The ACSR then gives the CCSR non-binding recommendations...
...Class of 2009 was the most socioeconomically diverse class in the history of the College, and early figures suggest that the trend will continue this year, according to the admissions office...
...brother, Ben Stone. Supposedly the most bohemian of his clan, he is also the most boring. In films like “The Royal Tenenbaums” and “Old School” Wilson has always been, in my mind, the weakest link. That trend continues throughout this film...
...assailant also yelled racial epithets at Garcia. According to Columbia junior Jennifer Oki, the president of the Black Students Organization, there have been other cases of racially-motivated vandalism at Columbia. “This is not an isolated incident, but rather it is part of a larger trend,” Oki said. A spokeswoman for Columbia, Elizabeth Golden, said in a statement that the administration was fully cooperating with the ongoing police investigation of the Ruggles incident and that Brown and Searles may also face repercussions from the school’s internal disciplinary system...
...Indian politicians at the summit expressed confidence that the country will eventually catch up?not because the government will necessarily get its act together, but because of a long-term trend known as India's "demographic dividend." With 1.3 billion citizens, China is the world's most populous country; India is second with a population of 1.1 billion. But because of Beijing's long-standing one-child policy, China's working-age population will begin to decline in the next 10 years. Meanwhile, India's youthfulness?350 million of its citizens are under age 15?ensures its workforce will expand...