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...signaled the resurrection of a debate that led to a 2004 report from a University-wide committee chaired by Pforzheimer University Professor Sidney Verba ’53. The committee recommended coordinating the calendars across all of the University’s schools and completing the fall semester before winter break...
...failures of the past.ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS The first episode of activism was triggered in 1973 when oil prices skyrocketed and threatened to dramatically increase the cost of heating Harvard. Some at the College saw a chance to address issues of conservation and convenience concurrently. By moving winter finals to December, Harvard could close its dorms in January, saving on heating and finally giving its students a real break. Changes in the calendar were approved twice by the Faculty Council, but were shot down both times after being passed on to the entirety of the faculty.Ironically, the seminal catalyst...
...issue of calendar reform was last addressed in 2004 when a University-wide committee, chaired by Pforzheimer University Professor Sidney Verba ’53, recommended coordinating the calendars across all of the University’s individual schools, which included completing the fall semester before winter break...
...Harvard women’s tennis team ended its long, strange season last night, but not before showing how very far it has come.After struggling against Dartmouth in a scrimmage this winter, the Crimson (4-6, 2-5 Ivy) defeated the Big Green (8-11, 0-7 Ivy) by a 5-2 score Wednesday night in a match that began outside and finished in the Murr Center due to rain.Harvard captured the doubles point easily, then powered through the singles. Sophomores Beier Ko and Preethi Mukundan, freshman Lena Litvak, and senior Julia Forgie all won in straight sets to clinch...
...results of the referendum recently conducted by the UC, during which 2,914 students—constituting 43.4 percent of the undergraduate population and 84 percent of those voting—cast their lot in favor of a calendar configuration that would put fall exams before Christmas, lengthen winter break, and end the school year a week and a half earlier than at present. Bok did not downplay the results of the referendum in an e-mailed statement to The Crimson a few days ago. He wrote that “the results will represent a significant factor...