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From the cover, the name and the fact that he also released his previous album around Halloween, you might wonder whether Glampire might be some rip-off of the original glam scene. Glampire's third full album, The Heraldic Universe, walks the line between dark pop and post-teenage angst. The music is a mixture of goth, synth, perky rock beats, and tinges of NIN tonalities. Unfortunately, you'll have to deal with the cheesy '80s-style electric guitar in the opening tracks. Add in Glampire's androgynous voice to the back-to-back songs "Super Sad" and "Happy Again...
...that subcontracted workers comprise the largest number of underpaid employees, perhaps as many as 1,000 people. The Living Wage Campaign--a coalition of students, workers, and faculty who are working to eliminate the problem of low-wage labor on campus--has demanded "that anyone who works at Harvard, whether directed employed or subcontracted to an outside company, must be paid a living wage of at least $10 per hour, adjustable for inflation." Not an end in itself, this is where any conversation about economic justice at Harvard should begin...
...while celebrating our successes this weekend. More than that, however, we should seize this opportunity to make sure that the university does the right thing with all the money it has raised by devoting some of it to a living wage guarantee for all Harvard workers. As we decide whether we will be part of the problem or part of the solution, we might also think about who will be left with our mess after the celebration has ended...
...have one more means for doing it, and they are testing the boundaries," Aakhus, who has done research in cellular phone culture, writes in an e-mail message. "I think we can expect stiff warnings about the use of electronic devices prior to and during lectures by professors, whether more lectures will crash as a result of cell phones remains to be seen...
...first proposal we have seen that makes use of full disclosure. Full public disclosure of factory locations means that anybody can see for themselves whether a factory has good labor practices. Yet, as important as such openness is, Harvard cannot rely on just anybody to monitor factories; it will contract, or join an organization that contracts, professional inspection. The question then becomes whether to take advantage of the opportunities full disclosure offers...