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...helped campaign for a women’s center and advise on changes to the Hilles building.Most recently, Anene has focused his efforts on implementing the Course-Cost Assistance Program (C-CAP), which would grant stipends to low-income students for their course books.This project has united the UC veteran with running mate De Beausset, an outsider who has worked on projects beyond Harvard’s gates.He helped found Students Taking on Poverty (STOP) last year, organizing a voter registration drive and a trip to New Orleans last spring break to assist in the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.As...
DIED. William Diehl, 81, late-starting novelist who penned popular, mayhem-ridden novels including Sharky's Machine and Primal Fear; in Atlanta. A decorated World War II veteran, he got a job as an obituary writer at the Atlanta Constitution after the war, then became a reporter and freelance photographer. His move into fiction was inspired in part by boredom--he began writing Sharky's Machine, his first novel, at age 50, while serving as a juror. His fast-paced thrillers translated easily to film--Burt Reynolds played the title character in the 1981 adaptation of Sharky's Machine...
Riding the strong play of senior leaders Brian Cusworth and Jim Goffredo, the Harvard men’s basketball team won its third straight game Saturday, beating Colgate 76-64 at Cottrell Court in Hamilton, N.Y. With veteran guidance keeping the team on an even keel, the Crimson (4-3) pulled through the first three tumultuous minutes of the second half, overcoming a one-point halftime lead by the Raiders (3-3) and managing to hold a nearly steady ten-point lead for the last nine minutes of the game. “The gym was pretty quiet...
...He’s open-minded, energetic, empathetic, and always interested in new advances in economic theory and practice,” Johnson said. “Fresh from two years in Washington, moreover, he’s now also a seasoned veteran in offering effective economic policy advice...
...Chen Chu storms into the Chukuang Market. Her curly afro is clearly visible in front of her two dozen supporters as she plows past the rows of parked scooters, the squid cooking on outdoor grills, and the children riding in circles on a miniature electric train. Chen, 56, a veteran activist and former political prisoner, is running for mayor of Taiwan's second-largest city, Kaohsiung - and tonight she appears intent on shaking the hand of every hotpot eater, bra seller and pachinko player in this small outdoor market...