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...regular basis. In short, there is no clear or fair answer as to why Harvard matched contributions for the tsunami and Katrina but not the Kashmir earthquake. And it is true that with regards to charitable donations by the University, the administration is beholden to the emotions of the community??emotions that are largely drive by what we are fed by the media—but we fail to see a fairer system devisable. The University must balance competing interests and make these tough decisions, and so far the administration has looked to community outcry. In the case...
...Living Wage Campaign was able to turn that around with its historic sit-in at Mass Hall. Students and workers together taught the university to trade in some of its corporate avarice for the well-being of its community??s lowest paid members...
...campus. So much for fitting in. When asked, in a phone interview, about this pseudo-privatization of public space, Cobb said “Everything in life is a choice. There are trade offs. Preserving the garden was absolutely crucial.” And in order to preserve the community??s historic garden behind the GSD and CGIS, the center had to be split into two buildings. “The garden is one of the most successful examples of shared space between the institution and the community,” said Cobb. “The neighborhood...
...tribute to Google’s soft-power in the liberal academic community??rare, if non-existent among most corporations—that they have the permission and goodwill to make the library collections of Harvard, Stanford, the University of Michigan available to academic cmomunities around the world. (As well as making, to a smaller but still significant extent, the Oxford and the New York Public Library available.) Already much trumpeted for speeding up global information access, the process of globalization would take a leap forward with this initiative, which involves the scanning and uploading of materials...
Glazer said that Nelson’s greatest challenge may not be long-term physical planning in Allston, but rather building student community??an aspect of the Harvard undergraduate experience that Glazer and others say needs improvement...