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Imagine the public’s confusion, and outrage, if the government suddenly decided to dock 15 percent of its disbursals for an unknown purpose. Unthinkable? Not if the ‘government’ is Harvard University and the recipients are student groups. On Sep. 7, Assistant Dean of the College Paul J. McLoughlin announced that student groups’ donor gift accounts, which allow alumni to earmark their Harvard donations for specific student groups, will face a 15 percent tax on all withdrawals. The tax will start at 5 percent this fiscal year and rise an additional...
...officers ejected 29 students from the tailgate for underage drinking—15 Yalies, 11 from Harvard, and three from unknown schools...
...sneak in alcohol].” Harvard alumni will have their tailgate separately, as usual, and the new policies will not affect them, according to Gross. In 2004, BPD officers ejected 29 students from the tailgate for underage drinking—15 Yalies, 11 from Harvard, and three from unknown schools, Harvard University Police Department spokesman Steven G. Catalano said at the time. There were a total of 97 ID confiscations and two arrests. —Staff writer Liz C. Goodwin can be reached at goodwin@fas.harvard.edu
...changing the Middle East balance of power. There is circumstantial evidence that Iran ordered Hizballah to provoke this summer's war, in part to demonstrate that Tehran can stir up big trouble if pushed to the brink. The precise extent of coordination between Hizballah and Tehran is unknown. But no longer in dispute after the standoff in July is Iran's ability to project power right up to the borders of Israel. It is no coincidence that the talk in Washington about what to do with Iran became more focused after Hizballah fought the Israeli army to a virtual standstill...
...kicks off a p.r. tour in support of his not-especially-tell-all memoir, Winning Right. The launch- party guest list includes Terry McAuliffe, former Democratic National Committee chairman--whose own book, What a Party, is due to be released in January. That book's tell-all proportions are unknown, but attendees overhear McAuliffe boasting that his book is "much thicker...