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...schools in the University of California system—shaving $637.1 million from a $3.23 billion budget, which now stands at $2.6 billion. The legislature has also proposed a 32 percent increase in student tuition by fall 2010. In response, students, faculty, and staff protested the cuts yesterday. Imagine choosing Berkeley or UCLA over Harvard or Yale because you thought the tuition was that much lower...
...Yesterday afternoon, Harvard Hillel had some unusual visitors—guests from South Korea, and a TV camera. Three employees of the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), South Korea’s leading television station, rolled tape yesterday while students at Hillel talked about their experiences as Americans, as college students, and as Jews. Footage of the round-table discussion will be featured in an upcoming KBS documentary about Jewish life in America. “It’s an extraordinary opportunity to educate quite a lot of people in Korea about Judaism in our own words from our perspective...
Before the announcement yesterday morning, Patrick’s staff circulated a list of talking points that called Kirk a “faithful steward” of the Senate seat with a “strong reputation as a person of character, high integrity and honesty...
Blayn Jiggetts, 20, and Jason Aquino, 23, were arraigned in Middlesex Superior District Court in Woburn yesterday and ordered held without bail...
While some observers were buoyed by Hu's statements, many environmental groups were disappointed. Most critics, however, have to temper their criticism. The irony is that China actually is developing renewable-energy sources faster than any other country in the world. Hu vowed yesterday that by 2020 renewable sources will account for 15% of China's total energy output - and there are industry analysts, both foreign and domestic, who believe that figure is probably conservative. The problem is that China is at the same time still investing massively in coal-fired electricity plants, the primary source of CO2 emissions...