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...Charles is not the only Boston hotel with an environmental conscience. The Seaport Hotel near Logan International Airport is offering complimentary parking for hybrid cars during the entire month of April. “We’re strongly motivated by environmental concerns,” said Matthew V. Moore, the hotel’s director of rooms and environmental programs. “The complimentary parking is our way of giving back to those guests who share a similar environmental philosophy.” Across the river, The Hilton Boston Back Bay Hotel has implemented numerous energy conservation measures...
...local waste management companies. Martin explained that Pforzheimer was chosen for the manual composting pilot program because it had a loading dock and showed interest in the project. “It’s a place where all the elements come together,” she said. Robert V. Fitzsimmons ’10, the Pforzheimer House Food Literacy Project representative, hosted a special brain break to spread composting awareness on March 20. “We’ve noticed in the past that people aren’t aware of what HUDS is doing...
...said Sundeep S. Iyer ’11, FiCom chair, referring to the concern that a rotating membership would detract from the committee’s ability to make consistent decisions. UC representatives also discussed the reports recommendation that the Student Affairs Committee split into three separate bodies. Daniel V. Kroop ’10, the Student Relations Committee chair, agreed with the suggestion that SAC be divided and suggested that each member of the UC be assigned to an additional committee—either SRC, the Rules Committee, or FiCom. Tamar Holoshitz ’10, SAC chair, said...
...large swath of research literature, the Department of Justice concluded that "to best achieve reduction in recidivism, the overall number of juvenile offenders transferred to the criminal-justice system should be minimized." That came three years after the U.S. stopped executing minors, following a Supreme Court decision, Roper v. Simmons, that was largely based on new brain research showing that the full development of the frontal lobe, where rational judgments are made, does not occur until the early- to mid-20s. At the state level, Missouri is leading the country by phasing out its large juvenile-detention institutions in favor...
...organizer of the event. “Everybody loves finance, consulting, non-profits and academia, but we offer another option to students, and that option is entrepreneurship and industry,” said Altmaier. Yesterday’s winners included Robert W. Corty ’10 and Zachary V. Smith ‘09, who hope to create a one stop destination for college students to plan holiday trips with their project, GetOutOfCambridge. The pair snagged one of the three $15,000 McKinley Family Grants awarded last night, which, Corty said, would be put to use hiring programmers...