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...speak for all student groups on campus, but just look at Harvard’s political groups. During this year’s UC elections, the fact that out of seven executive tickets, only one woman candidate ran (and in the VP spot, no less) is a wake-up call to all those who are in denial. If people still have doubts, just look at the Harvard Republican Club (HRC)—their board is entirely male. That an all-male board goes relatively unnoticed is a testament to the male-dominated political scene at Harvard...
Dudley House residents got an unexpected wake-up call at 6 a.m. yesterday when the kitchen caught on fire—leaving inhabitants of the Co-op known for homecooked meals without a functional kitchen and with dining hall fare for the next few days. Residents use towels to clean the kitchen and put the dirty towels into a plastic barrel, according to Robert Byrne, facilities manager of Dudley House. “We believe some greasy towels that were just taken out of the dryer caught on fire due to spontaneous combustion,” Byrne said. Nine units...
These new investors also demand details about who is managing their money. "What has been a wake-up call for them is that communication is very much a key part in being able to attract and retain this level of assets," says Rupert Allan, president of Tremont Capital Management, which creates and manages portfolios that invest in other hedge funds...
...intensity of interest from Washington has been another wake-up. Although individuals generally must have at least $1 million in total net worth to invest in a hedge fund, regulators and Congress are sharpening their focus on the largely unwatched vehicles as more run-of-the-mill people become involved through pensions. "Tens of millions of Americans may be unwittingly exposed," wrote the Senate Finance Committee's Charles Grassley last month in a letter to regulators. The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to raise the $1 million threshold for individual investors, and is also working on requiring hedge funds...
...other extreme, worrying not too much but too little. Sept. 11 and Hurricane Katrina brought calls to build impregnable walls against such tragedies ever occurring again. But despite the vows, both New Orleans and the nation's security apparatus remain dangerously leaky. "People call these crises wake-up calls," says Dr. Irwin Redlener, associate dean of the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University and director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness. "But they're more like snooze alarms. We get agitated for a while, and then we don't follow through...